CUP

CH1979.511

Wide-bowled cup. 12 indentations around rim, alternating short and long sections. Footed, with scallops or indentations also on base. Gilded just above edge. Chinoiserie design in bowl and 3 flowers on outer bowl, in under-glaze medium (or royal?) blue and over- glaze orange. Hand painted pattern of flowers. Gilded on edge, handle and pattern. Pattern very similar to designs in Ridgway pattern books of early 19th C. Exact shape of cup illustrated in Godden, Illustrated Encyclopaedia, page 275, plate 481. Unmarked but Nairn thought 1840. Probably John Ridgway & Co., Cauldon Place, Hanley. Nairn number C \ 47. Pattern number painted in over-glaze orange on base" "2 \ 849".

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: CH1979.511
Accession Date: 2 Nov 1979

Material

Porcelain/Ceramic

porcelain

Measurement

diameter60mmbase
diameter111mm
height74mm

 

 

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