Teacup
Crown Derby
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1805 - circa 1810
Materials
Bone china painted in orange and gold
Measurements
60 mm (Height); 75 mm (Dia)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1270554.7.20
Summary
A bute-shape tea cup, one of twenty, part of a partial 61-piece Derby oval shape tea and coffee set in the neo-classical taste, bone china, the border painted with a pattern of six-pointed stars in reserve against an orange ground with smaller stars in gold and gold line bands, with the factory mark of a crown over crossed batons and 'D' and pattern number 628 in blue and iron-red enamels, Duesbury and Kean period, circa 1805-10
Provenance
Believed to have originally been the property of Bishop Adelbert Anson (1840 – 1909).
Marks and inscriptions
Base of teacup: Derby China Works factory mark of a crown over crossed battons and a 'D' Base of teacup: Pattern number of tea and coffee set (628) Base of teacup: Historic NT Inventory Number: Shug/C/61, a
Makers and roles
Crown Derby, maker