coffee-cup

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Object Type
Museum number: 1896,1118.9
Description: Coffee-cup; porcelain; painted in thick enamels with flowering spray in Chinese style; marked.
Producer name
School/style
Production date: 18thC
Production place: Factory in: New Canton
Materials
Technique: glazed; painted
Dimensions: Diameter: 3.30 inches (with handle); Height: 2.50 inches
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Hobson 1905 / Catalogue of the collection of English Porcelain in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum. (I53); Tait 1959a / Bow Porcelain 1744-1776, a special exhibition of documentary material to commemorate the bi-centenary of the retirement of Thomas Frye (16)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1896
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1896,1118.9
Conservation

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