Cup: C.13 & A-1984

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Minton & Co.

Entities

Cup
Saucer
cup and saucer

Categories

Bone china

Description

Bone china cup and saucer, printed and painted in polychrome enamels with sprays of cornflowers.

Bone china cup and saucer, printed in blue and brown and painted in royal blue, two shades of green, red, yellow and brown enamel colours and gilt. Truncated conical cup with butterfly handle. Circular saucer with shallow curved sides. The cup is decorated with two large and two small sprays of cornflowers and has a plain gilt band round the base and a dentilated band round the rim. The handle has printed markings on the outside with strips of red and blue and is yellow inside. The saucer is decorated with three sprays of cornflowers and has a dentilated gilt band round the rim.

Notes

History note: From a service which belonged to the donor

Legal notes

Given by Miss Diana A.M. Hunter

Place(s) associated

Stoke ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Hunter, Diana A. M., Miss

Dating

19th Century, Late#
Victoria I
Production date: circa AD 1895

School or Style

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( royal blue, two shades of green, red, yellow and brown) gold
Cup Height 6.5 cm
Saucer Width 14.2 cm

Materials used in production

Glaze
Bone china

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating) : Bone china, printed in blue and brown and painted in royal blue, two shades of green, red, yellow and brown enamel colours and gilt

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: crowned globe inscribed 'MINTONS' with 'MAKERS' below surmounting a wreath enclosing 'MORTLOCK'S/OXFORD STREET'

Text: 'MINTONS', 'MAKERS' and 'MORTLOCK'S/OXFORD STREET'
Location: On base of cup
Method of creation: Printed in puce
Type: Mark

Inscription present: pattern number

Text: G234/3
Location: On base of cup
Method of creation: Painted in red
Type: Number

Inscription present: 'MINTON' with 'S' and inverted V mark below

Text: MINTON S
Location: On base of saucer
Method of creation: Impressed
Type: Mark

Inscription present: crowned globe inscribed 'MINTONS' with 'MADE IN ENGLAND' below

Text: MINTONS MADE IN ENGLAND
Location: On base of saucer
Method of creation: Printed in puce
Type: Mark

Inscription present: pattern number

Text: G 234/9
Location: On base of saucer
Method of creation: Painted
Type: Number

References and bibliographic entries

Minton 1798-1910 page(s): 60
Porcelaines de Vincennes, Les Origines de Sèvres

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.13 & A-1984
Primary reference Number: 40373
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 24 April 2019

Associated departments & institutions

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

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