Teacup
Chelsea-Derby Porcelain (fl.1769-1784)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1770
Materials
Soft paste porcelain
Place of origin
Chelsea
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Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446206.12
Summary
Cup, part of a Chelsea-Derby tea service, each piece partly moulded with an overlapping scale pattern, picked out in turquoise, gilding and brown in a peacock's eye pattern, the remainder with gilt swags of flowers on a claret ground. Anchor and D monogram in gilding. 1770 (circa).
Marks and inscriptions
Anchor and D monogram in gilding
Makers and roles
Chelsea-Derby Porcelain (fl.1769-1784), manufacturer William Duesbury, proprietor