Tea cup
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1904 - 1918
Materials
Porcelain, Enamels, Gilt
Measurements
90 mm (Diameter)
Collection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1651712.1
Summary
Porcelain tea cup. From a part tea service consisting of 35 pieces. 10 cups, 11 saucers, 1 slop bowl, 11 side plates and 2 cake plates. Enamel decoration of Birds of Paradise with floral decoration. Raised gilt patterned edges. Porzellanfabrik Victoria AG., Altrohlau (modern-day Stará Role), Czech Republic, c.1904-1918. Marked for Pattern 257.
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.
Marks and inscriptions
painted ; on all pieces ; [gold anchor, some with a number, differing numbers on individual items cannot be explained] ; gold paint ; manufacturer's mark