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Cup: EC.7-1945

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Gotha Porcelain Factory

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Description

Cup from a breakfast service. Hard-paste porcelain painted in sepia enamel with a landscape and building in a panel, and gilt

Notes

History note: Unknown before Louis Colville Gray Clarke, MA, Cambridge

Legal notes

Given by L.C.G. Clarke, MA

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 5.7 cm
Height: 5.7 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Gotha ⪼ Thuringia ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1945-02-20) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

18th Century, Late
1775 - 1799

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( sepia) gold

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: G
  • Method of creation: In blue
  • Type: Mark
  • Text: H
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: EC.7-1945
Primary reference Number: 76991
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 11 October 2016 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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