Coffee cup
Vienna Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1816 - 1822
Materials
Porcelain
Measurements
76 x 123 mms; 102 mms (Diameter)
Place of origin
Vienna
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Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 353336.8.11
Summary
Coffee cup. Decorated on outside with multi-coloured border of flowers and on inside with narrow running border of leaves at rim, on gilt ground. Part of breakfast set, hard-paste porcelain, painted with a band of naturalistic flowers on a gilt ground. Vienna, Austria, c.1816-22.
Provenance
Possibly a gift of Amelia Anne Hobart (Emily), Marchioness of Londonderry (1772-1829), wife of Robert Stewart, Vicsount Castlereagh (1769-1822), later 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, who negotiated a peace treaty of Vienna in 1815. Part of the Lothian Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust by Philip, 11th Marquess of Lothian (1882-1940).
Makers and roles
Vienna Porcelain Factory, porcelain manufacturer