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Maker: Unknown
Hard-paste porcelain covered cup, decorated in enamel colours and gilt. There are two green borders on the cup, and one on the lid, both surrounded by gilt lines. Around the cup are double pink lines with a thick gold line curling around this. At the front of the cup is a pink circle bordered with a gilt circle, with the letter 'W' in the middle.
The lid has two sets of double pink lines with a thick gold curling line. There are gilt lines running around the base, and across, the knob.
Given by Miss Whitehurst
Method of acquisition: Given (1836-07-27) by Whitehurst, Miss
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1800
Enamels
Gilt
Hard-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.2 & A-1836
Primary reference Number: 72973
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Covered cup" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72973 Accessed: 2024-12-18 17:07:39
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