tray;
coffee-pot;
milk-jug;
sugar-bowl;
coffee-cup;
saucer;
coffee-set
- Museum number
- Franks.138
- Description
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Cabaret: tray, coffee-pot and cover, milk-jug and cover, sugar-bowl and cover, cup and saucer; hard-paste porcelain; oval tray with open-work gallery, cylindrical coffee-pot, milk-jug and sugar-bowl, each on three paw feet; all decorated in reserve with grisaille medallions and term figures, with embossed gold motifs on purple ground, and grisaille leaves and flowers; underglaze-blue mark on each.
- Production date
- 1785
- Dimensions
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Length: 30.40 centimetres (tray)
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- Curator's comments
- Dawson 1985
This neo-classical style cabaret shows that the factory maintained a high standard of production and originality of form and decoration in the latter part of the 18th Century.
For a similar cabaret of slightly later date see W. Mrazek and W. Neuwirth, 'Wiener Porzellan 1718-1864', n.d., exh. cat. Österreichisches Museum für angewardte Kunst, no. 617, inv. Ke 7810.
- Location
- On display (G47/dc1)
- Acquisition date
- 1897
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- Franks.138
