bone china decorated with a turquoise ground, jewelling in red, white and blue enamel, and gilding
Factory: Copeland
Bone china with very thin walls, decorated with a turquoise ground, jewelling in red, white and blue enamel, and gilded. The cup has deep sloping sides curving inwards to the footing, and a ring handle. The circular saucer has shallow curved sides, standing on a footring. The exterior of the cup has a turquoise ground overalid by vertical gold stems with alternately red and white jewels. Above there is a horizontal border of stylized flower heads and leaves with white or red jewels on them. This is repeated on the white interior of the cup. The handles gilded overall, and there are two gold bands round the footring. The saucer has a white medallion in the middle with a gilded and jewelled rosette in the centre with one blue spot in the centre. The sides are decorated en suite with the exterior of the cup.
History note: Ronald Spencer Copeland (1918-2002); William Copeland (b. 1966); sold Bonhams', 23-24 July, 2013, The Contents of Trelissick House including the Copeland China China Collection, Feock, Trelissick, Cornwall, second day, second part of lot 685
Purchased with the L.D. Cunliffe Fund
Method of acquisition: Bought (2013-10-14) by Bonhams
19th Century, Late#
Victoria I
Circa
1880
CE
-
1885
CE
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue, red, white jewelling)
ground colour
( turquoise)
gold
Saucer
Diameter 12.7 cm
Height 1.7 cm
Cup
Diameter 6.7 cm
Height 6.1 cm
Width 8.7 cm
Deoration
clear
Glaze
Bone china
Inscription present: first part in red, A in black
Inscription present: first part in red, B in black
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label with scalloped edge
Accession number: C.20 & A-2013
Primary reference Number: 197435
Old object number: RSC 75 A and B
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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