Chocolate cup
Chelsea Porcelain Factory (1744-1769)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1765 - 1770
Materials
Soft paste porcelain
Place of origin
Chelsea
Order this imageCollection
Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446174.1
Summary
Two handled caudle cup painted with exotic birds in rococo panels edged with gilt trellis work and reserved on a mottled claret ground. Gold anchor marks. 1765 - 1770 (circa).
Makers and roles
Chelsea Porcelain Factory (1744-1769), maker
References
Ledger and Pemberton 2010: Andrew Ledger and Rosemary Pemberton, 'Caudle Cups and their place in English Porcelain, 1750-1800', English Ceramic Circle Transactions, Vol. 21, 2010., pp.107-9