Cup
Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelain Factory (est.1750)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1830 - 1850
Materials
Porcelain
Place of origin
Coalport
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Coughton Court, Warwickshire
NT 135119.2.1
Summary
Cup, porcelain, standing on a short spreading foot, ogee shaped body and two scrolling handles with pronounced thumb spurs, Coalport, Coalbrookdale, ca 1830-50; the saucer, cup and cover each with applied floral encrustations in low and high relief, painted in naturalistic enamel colours, the porcelain also painted with floral sprays and insects, a ground pattern of stylised gilt willow trees to the cup and cover, with bands of plain gilding to the rims, with a pattern of interlocking C scrolls to the rim of the saucer, gilt details to the handles.
Provenance
Purchased by National Trust in 2005 through private treaty sale
Makers and roles
Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelain Factory (est.1750), manufacturer