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Factory: Spode
Bone china transfer-printed in brown enamel with a view of Brighton, and gilt.
Bone china, moulded, transfer-printed in brown and gilt. Cylindrical with a recessed base and loop handle with a slightly projecting thumbrest. Decorated on the exterior with a view of the promenade and chain pier at Brighton, and on the interior, with a border of shells and lilies. There are gilt bands round the exterior and interior of the rim, and on the back of the handle, a stylised longitudinal leaf, a curved line and graduated horizontal lines and dots.
History note: Unknown before the donor
Given by J.A. Tait
Height: 6.7 cm
Width: 9.8 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 (1993) by Tait, J. A., Dr
Early 19th Century
George III
George IV
Circa
1810
CE
-
1825
CE
Made during the proprietorship of Josiah Spode II
Decoration composed of enamel ( brown) gold
Moulding
: Bone china, moulded, transfer-printed in brown and gilt
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.10-1993
Primary reference Number: 40662
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Cup" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/40662 Accessed: 2023-06-05 12:01:26
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
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|title=Cup
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-06-05 12:01:26|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-40662
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
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Accession Number: C.6.7-1974
Accession Number: C.6.1 & A & B-1974
Accession Number: C.451.2 & A-1928
Accession Number: C.451.3 & A-1928
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