Coffe cup and saucer, New Hall Factory

An image of Cup and Saucer/Coffee Cup. New Hall Porcelain Factory, Staffordshire. The cup has a scalloped rim, deep sides reeded on the exterior, a loop handle, and stands on a footring. The circular saucer has curved sides and stands on a footring. The cup is decorated inside with a horizontal gold band a little way below the rim, which is gilded. On the outside at the top it has a border of undulating tan feathers interlaced by an undulating line of gold dots, with a larger spot at alternate junctions with the feather, There is a gold band below, and another round the footring. There are gold lines down both sides of the handles, and a vertical gold line down its back. The saucer has a gold floral spray in the centre, surround by a gold circle, and round the outer edge, a similar border. Pattern 142. Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, moulded, painted in pale tan enamel and gilded, height, cup, 6.6 cm, width, cup, 8 cm, diameter, cup, 6.5 cm, height, saucer, 3 cm, diameter, saucer, 12.9 cm, circa 1787-1792.

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Cup and Saucer/Coffee Cup. New Hall Porcelain Factory, Staffordshire. The cup has a scalloped rim, deep sides reeded on the exterior, a loop handle, and stands on a footring. The circular saucer has curved sides and stands on a footring. The cup is decorated inside with a horizontal gold band a little way below the rim, which is gilded. On the outside at the top it has a border of undulating tan feathers interlaced by an undulating line of gold dots, with a larger spot at alternate junctions with the feather, There is a gold band below, and another round the footring. There are gold lines down both sides of the handles, and a vertical gold line down its back. The saucer has a gold floral spray in the centre, surround by a gold circle, and round the outer edge, a similar border. Pattern 142. Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, moulded, painted in pale tan enamel and gilded, height, cup, 6.6 cm, width, cup, 8 cm, diameter, cup, 6.5 cm, height, saucer, 3 cm, diameter, saucer, 12.9 cm, circa 1787-1792.

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Accession Number: C.49 & A-2010
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 641 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 84.93kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2013:11:20 15:37:51

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18th Century ceramics circular coffee coffee cup coffee house cup cup and saucer enamel enamelled English feathers Fitz_AA fluted Georgian gilded gilt glazed gold (colour) hard-paste porcelain lead-glazed moulded New Hall Porcelain Factory porcelain ribbed ribs saucer scalloped scalloped edge service ware serving piece spray studio ceramics tableware white

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