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Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain coffee cup, painted underglaze in blue with floral sprays.
Soft-paste porcelain coffee cup, probably press-moulded rather than jolleyed, painted underglaze in blue. Fluted cylindrical body, opening out towards the lobed rim; scroll handle dividing at the bottom. Decorated on the outside with the 'Prunus Branch Bird' pattern; on the handle, a small tendril.
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Height: 5.7 cm
Width: 7.5 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1918) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA
Mid-18th Century
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1753
Decoration composed of cobalt-blue
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, probably press-moulded, painted underglaze in blue
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.226B-1918
Primary reference Number: 33056
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Coffee cup" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/33056 Accessed: 2023-06-08 22:57:34
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Accession Number: C.6.7-1974
Accession Number: C.6.1 & A & B-1974
Accession Number: C.11H-1988
Accession Number: C.11G-1988
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