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Coffee cup: C.584-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

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Description

White stoneware, slip-cast with decoration in relief, and salt-glazed

White stoneware, slip-cast with decoration in relief, and salt-glazed. Circular with deep sides, standing on a footring; loop handle is reeded and has a pinched lower terminal. The exterior is decorated with eight panels containing: a shield charged with three animals and figures below; a fox stealing a goose, with a head in a wreath above; the fable of the Fox and the Crane, and Cupid on a lion; Danae amongst clouds above a unicorn; a huntsman with a hound; a shield above a stag with a bird below (very indistinct); a tea party scene with a large tea pot (very indistinct); and an imperial eagle, Below the rim there is a narrow border of fluting.

Notes

History note: Sotheby's, London, 17 December 1926, part of lot 36; bought with a teapot and four saucers for £3 by Hunt on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 6.5 cm
Width: 8.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa 1745 - 1750

Note

This was probably used for coffee or chocolate. The relief decoration is not well defined as on other examples of this form, which suggests that the mould had been used a good deal. The panels are in a different order from those on C.584-1928

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze
Rim Diameter 6 cm

Materials used in production

White stoneware

Techniques used in production

Slip-casting : White stoneware,slip-cast with decoration in relief, and salt-glazed

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.584-1928
Primary reference Number: 75584
Old object number: 4982
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 15 December 2023 Last processed: Friday 15 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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