Coffee cup
Shelley Potteries Ltd.
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bone china
Measurements
57.5 x 65 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1552928.4
Summary
Coffee cup. Shelley coffee cup, part of a coffee service. Blue band on top rim. Scalloped edged top and octagonal sides with angular curved handle. Decorated with simplified red, yell and grey flower motifs and blue irises and flower stalks.
Provenance
Part of the collection on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museum and Galleries. In March 2012 the National Trust took over the management of Tredegar House with its contents and its 90 acres of gardens and parkland, from Newport City Council for a period of 50 years.
Marks and inscriptions
Under base: 'Shelley/ENGLAND/Rd.723404' Under base: '11561'
Makers and roles
Shelley Potteries Ltd., maker