cup & saucer
Summary
Public: Cup and saucer, hard paste porcelain, chinoiserie scene in iron red, purple, blue, green, yellow, brown and black enamel colours and gilt. Private: Cup and saucer, hard paste porcelain. Tall cup with everted rim, high footring. Saucer with flat base and curving, upturned rim. Painted in iron red, purple, blue, green, yellow, brown and black enamel colours with, on the saucer, a chinoiserie scene within two red bands, a border of scrollwork in gilt. On the cup, a continuous chinoiserie scene, with a border of scrollwork in gilt inside the rim.
Object Name
cup & saucer
Creators Name
Date Created
1735 - 1740
Dimensions
cup: 6.7cm
saucer:
accession number
1981.346/2
Collection Group
Place of creation
Germany
Medium
Credit
Dr Frederick Lacks and Dr Erna Lacks Bequest
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