Caneware coffee can and saucer with applied black jasper reliefs of Ancient Egyptian motifs
Factory: Wedgwood
Caneware with black moulded and applied reliefs on the exterior and glazed interior. The cup is cylindrical with recessed base and an angular harp-shaped handle with an upward curl at the bottom. The saucer is circular with deep sloping sides and slightly recessed base. The cup has row of triangles around its lower edge, and a horizontal band of black hieroglyphs below the rim. The handle has stylized flower and leaf motifs down its back. The saucer has a band of hieroglyphs below the rim.
History note: Dr and Mrs L.S. Rakow (Juliette K. and Leonard S.) collection; Leo Kaplan, New York, from whom purchased on 10 December 1992 by Christopher Hogwood, CBE, Cambridge
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Given (2015-04-27) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
19th Century, Early#
George III
Circa
1815
CE
-
1820
CE
Saucer
Diameter 12.2 cm
Height 3 cm
Cup
Diameter 6 cm
Height 8.2 cm
Height 8.6 cm
Width 8.2 cm
Handle
Reliefs
Inscription present: very small circular white paper stick-on label
Inscription present: small rectangular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.243 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 201329
Old object number: 268
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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