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Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain coffee cup, decorated underglaze in blue and gilt with three flower sprays.
Soft-paste porcelain coffee cup, decorated underglaze in blue and gilt. The circular cup has deep ogival sides, spirally fluted and stands on a footring. The ear-shaped handle has an interior kick. The sides are gilt with three flower sprays, and the footring has a gilt band. A broad underglaze blue band round the inside of the rim is decorated with two zones of alternate dots and stars above a gilt arrowhead border. The back of the handle is decorated with a gilt leaf.
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Height: 6.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1918) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA
18th Century, Mid#
George III
Circa
1785
-
1795
Decoration composed of cobalt-blue gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.229-1918
Primary reference Number: 33057
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Coffee cup" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/33057 Accessed: 2024-11-05 14:56:33
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