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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Cup and Saucer

ca. 1786-ca. 1787 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cylindrical coffee cup with saucer, porcelain painted with landscape panels in monochrome, and with supporting ornament in gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in black enamel and gilt
Brief description
Cup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain painted with landscape panels in monochrome, Lamoninary and Vanier's porcelain factory, Valenciennes, about 1786-1787
Physical description
Cylindrical coffee cup with saucer, porcelain painted with landscape panels in monochrome, and with supporting ornament in gold.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'LV' (in monogram painted in red enamel)
  • 'D' (Incised)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
4703&A-1901

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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