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Coffee cup: C.94-1997

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Current Location: In storage

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Factory: uncertain (Probably)

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Description

Hard-paste porcelain cofffee can, painted in grey enamel and gilded, with a medallion containing a stippled portrait head of Napoleon I.

Hard-paste porcelain painted in shades of grey enamel, and gilded. Cyclindrical with a loop handle with a slight kick at the lower end, and a slight projection on the inside. The front is decorated with an oval medallion containing a stippled portrait head of Napoleon I in profile to the right, wearing a laurel wreath, against a grey stippled background with an 'N' in reserve below the head. The medallion is framed by a gold band, and there are gold bands round the upper and lower edges, the interior of the upper edge, and down the back of the handle.

Legal notes

Given by G.H.W. Rylands in memory of his mother, Betha Wolferstan Rylands.

Measurements and weight

Height: 6.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1997) by Rylands, G.H.W.

Dating

19th Century, Early
Napoleon I
Circa 1804 CE - 1814 CE

School or Style

Empire

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( grey) gold
Base Diameter 6 cm
Handle
Portrait

Materials used in production

Hard-paste porcelain

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: N in reserve, below the head

  • Text: N
  • Location: On front of can
  • Method of creation: In reserve
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.94-1997
Primary reference Number: 76421

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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