Coffee or chocolate cup
Date1752-1758
Artist/Maker
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
1745-1769
OriginEngland, London
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsH: 2 5/8"; Dia: 2 15/16"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1962-88
DescriptionFluted cup with lobed edge painted with brown line and scroll handle painted in polychrome overglaze enamels on the exterior with landscape of buildings, river and figures. A moth is painted on the reverse and a blue flower on the interior bottom.Label TextThe landscape decoration painted after Meissen is in the same red-brown and pastel colors of the wares painted by Chelsea decorator J. H. O'Neale but is not of the same quality. An attractive jewel like butterfly is painted on the side opposite the landscape.Red anchor period.Inscription(s)NoMark(s)NoProvenanceEx coll: Sheelah MacAlaster, London; M.G. Kaufman, Chicago
