Object Number 1975.0189.001

Object Name

Coffee cup (Chocolate cup)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Gordon A. Rust

Creator (Role)

Worcester Porcelain Factory (Maker)
1751-1852

Place of Origin

Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1760-1770

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Imitation Meissen crossed swords mark with "0." in underglaze blue

Materials

Porcelain (soft-paste); Lead glaze

Techniques

Painted, Gilded, Molded, Thrown

Dimensions (inches)

3 (H) , 3.8 (L) , 2.7 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

7.6 (H) , 9.7 (L) , 6.8 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Sandon, John & Spero, Simon. 1996 Worcester Porcelain, 1751-1790: The Zorensky Collection. 526 pp.
• Worcester examples with the "Scarlet Japan" pattern: p. 213
[Book] Sandon, John. 1993 The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain, 1751-1851, Volume 1. 1.
• Discussion of the "Scarlet Japan" pattern: p. 306
[Book] Sword, Rosalind. 2017 The Marshall Collection of Worcester Porcelain in the Ashmolean Museum. 1.
• Chaffers, Liverpool porcelain coffeecup and Japanese saucer in similar pattern: pp. 66-67, no. 84, both 1760-65
[Book] Castelluccio, Stephanie. 2013 Collecting Chinese and Japanese Porcelain in Pre-Revolutionary Paris.
• Discussion of Japanese kakiemon-style enameled decoration: pp. 76-85