IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 37784 accession number: C.13 & A-1994 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Bone china 'Trembleuse' Cup and Saucer, decorated with transfer-printing in blue, raised gold banding. Truncated conical cup with ear-shaped handle moulded with a slight longitudinal ridge and three crossed ribbons at intervals. Circular saucer with recessed base, deep, narrow well, and almost flat, wide rim. With the exception of a narrow band at the bottom, the exterior of the cup is decorated with blue scale pattern, overlaid by a raised gold folding fan, two adjacent stylised chrysanthemum heads, and three adjacent oval motifs enclosing rhomboids. There are three gold bands below, and one on the rim, which is dentated on the interior. The handle is decorated with three vertical gold lines and the crossed ribbons are outlined in gold. The rim of the saucer is decorated en suite with the addition of three adjacent circular patterned motifs and a butterfly. There are three gilt bands round the well and one on the outer edge. In the well, slightly off-centre, there is a raised gold leaf. On the edge of the footring there is a gold band. object type: Bone china 'Trembleuse' cup and saucer, decorated with transfer-printing in blue and raised gold banding. title: cup NOTES ----- type: history note value: H. Blairman & Sons Ltd., 119 Mount Street, London, W1Y 5HB LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by H. Blairman & Sons Ltd. STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/37784 SUBJECTS ------------------- butterfly chrysanthemum butterfly chrysanthemum TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: bone china DATING ------ creation date: 1878 - 1878 creation date earliest: 1878 creation date latest: 1878 culture: 19th Century, second half culture: Victoria CREATORS -------- maker: Worcester Royal Porcelain Company CITATIONS -------- Fitzwilliam Museum, Annual Report 1994 Royal Worcester Porcelain from 1862 to the Present Day ---