Worcester
(England 1751–2009)
- Title
- Cup and saucer
- Year
- circa 1775-1785
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
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cup 6.2 x 10.2 x 8.2 cm; saucer 3.3 x 13.2 cm diam; combined height 6.9 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.160.a-b
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
The decoration of ‘rich Kakiemon’ type was introduced in the 1760s, but is here applied to a later cup shape. The shape derives directly from a Sèvres model (compare L2012.169.a-b).
- Bibliography (1)
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Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 91 (colour illus.). cat.no. 116
