111/1996-16

Collection

Ceramics

Brief description

Tea cup made from glazed hard-paste porcelain, decorated with a transfer-printed design of birds with cherry blossom and foliage on a turquoise ground, part of a tea service thought to date c.1880.

Object name

cup
tea cup

Object number

111/1996-16

Production date

c.1880 (manufactured)

Period

Victorian (1837-1901)

Material

hard paste porcelain
glaze
gilding
paint

Technique

transfer printed
painted
gilded
glazed

Physical description

Porcelain tea cup, part of Aesthetic tea service. Tapering at sides, with handle branching out at one end. Decorated with transfer printed design in pink on a turquoise background of birds perching on a fruiting/flowering branch. The design painted in over glaze colours of pink, brown, yellow, green, orange and red. With gilding.

Dimensions

Diameter: 7.7cm
Height: 6.4cm

Website keywords

Eating, drinking and smoking
serving drink
tea, coffee and chocolate drinking