IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 197474 accession number: C.26 & A-2013 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 19 November 2013 updated: Friday 15 December 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Bone china painted in red enamel and gilt. The cylindrical cup has a small ear-shaped handle. The circular saucer has deep curved sides and a recessed base. The upper part of the cup has a wide border comprising a gold zig-zag line with red enamel in the spaces below overlaid by a gold motifs resembling a dolphin or a plant, and above white spaces with gold plants with two leaves and a flower. Below there is a horizontal gold band and a narrower gold band.The lower part of the sides is semé with alternate trefoil leaves and spots. There is a gold band round the rim and the lower edge, and the back of the handle has a long gold stroke and tiny dots of graduated size. The interior of the saucer is decorated en suite. object type: bone china, decorated in red enamel with zig-zag borders, stylized plants, gold spots and trefoil leaves title: coffee can and saucer NOTES ----- type: history note value: R.S. Copeland (1918-2000); William Copeland (b. 1966); sold Bonham’s 23-24 July, 2013, The Contents of Trelissick House including the Copeland China China Collection, Feock, near Truro, Cornwall, day 2, p. 277, 6th part of lot 713. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Purchased with the L.D. Cunliffe Fund STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/197474 PEOPLE ------------------- Copeland, Ronald Spencer TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: bone china DATING ------ creation date: 1885 - 1890 creation date earliest: 1885 creation date latest: 1890 culture: 19th Century, Late# culture: Victoria I CREATORS -------- maker: Copeland CITATIONS -------- The Contents of Trelissick House including The Copeland China Collection ---