Skip to main content

Coffee cup: C.63-1918

An image of Coffee cup

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Alternative views

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory

Entities

Categories

Description

Soft-paste porcelain coffee cup, painted with folwer sprigs in blue underglaze and gilt.

Soft-paste porcelain coffee cup, painted in blue underglaze and gilt. The cup has tall rounded sides, strap handle with kick terminal and footring. The sides and rim are concavely fluted with sixteen indentations. The outside is painted with three blue and gold flower sprays, separated by two smaller sprigs. Gilt dentate band to interior of rim and above footring, and a leaf spray on the handle.

Legal notes

Given by Ralp Griffin, MA, FSA

Measurements and weight

Height: 5.7 cm
Width: 6.3 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Worcester ⪼ Worcestershire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1918) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA

Dating

18th Century, Late
George III
Circa 1785 - 1795

Components of the work

Decoration composed of cobalt-blue gold

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze
steatitic Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.63-1918
Primary reference Number: 32860
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 15 March 2019 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Coffee cup" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/32860 Accessed: 2024-12-24 14:07:25

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/32860 |title=Coffee cup |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-24 14:07:25|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-32860

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_63_1918_281_29.jpg"
        alt="Coffee cup"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Coffee cup</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...