Egg cup
Category
Ceramics
Date
1840 - 1860
Materials
Ceramic Ink Glaze
Measurements
70 mm (Height); 54 mm (Diam)
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575 Wandsworth Road, London
NT 1513454
Summary
A light blue transfer printed ceramic egg cup. Urn shaped with a flared rim and a bulbous band to the bottom, over a slender socle and flared foot. Decorated to the inside with a frieze scrolls, the outside printed with a landscape scene with castles in the background and birds and foliage in the foreground.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Khadambi Asalache upon his death in 2006; acquired fully in November 2010.