Coffee cup
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1745 - circa 1746
Materials
Hard paste porcelain painted in enamels
Measurements
69 mm (Height); 65 mm (Dia)
Place of origin
Meissen
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1270561.8.2
Summary
Coffee cup, one of a set of five, 42-piece Meissen tea and coffee service, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels with gallants and companions in landscape vignettes after Watteau, with naturalistic flowers and insects on the underside and gold line bands. Makers mark of crossed swords in underglaze blue, gilder's marks and various pressnummers on underside. Circa 1745-50.
Provenance
Possibly among the Meissen purchased by Admiral Anson for Lady Anson in Amsterdam and Paris in 1750: '1 Dec 1750 - Lord Anson has bought Dresden china from Holland, a little French pendule for Mr. [Thomas] Anson...' (Staffordshire Records Office D615/PS/1/3/G), or in the 19th century. Given to the National Trust with Shugborough House and park on the death of the 4th Earl in 1960
Marks and inscriptions
Base of coffee cup: Historic NT Inventory Number: Shug/C/68 (22) Base of coffee cup: Crossed swords Meissen makers mark Base of coffee cup: Gilders mark Base of coffee cup: Number: NT 1331/65
Makers and roles
Meissen Porcelain Factory, maker