Coffee cup
Category
Ceramics
Date
1795
Materials
Porcelain
Measurements
70 mm (Height) x 95 mm (Width) x 70 mm (Diameter)
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Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509522.6
Summary
Large coffee cup, scroll handle with moulded thumbpiece, raised on small foot ring. Part of a Chinese armorial tea and coffee service, hand painted in enamel colours with the Benthall crest, motto and coat of arms to centre field, narrow blue and gilt border around inner rims. Made circa 1795; originally ordered and owned by Thornton Benthall.
Provenance
Made circa 1795. Included on page 2 of the Inventory of Items On Loan To The National Trust For Benthall Hall dated 1st October 1963. Owned by Sir Arthur Paul Benthall (1902 – 1992). Bequeathed to the National Trust in the will of Sir Arthur Paul Benthall dated 28th July 1983. Accepted for ownership by the National Trust in 1993 following the death of Sir Arthur Paul Benthall in 1992.