Teacup
Ludwigsburg Porcelain Manufactory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1765 - 1770
Materials
ceramic
Measurements
47 mm (Height); 76 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Germany
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Wallington, Northumberland
NT 581979.1
Summary
A teacup to match a saucer both moulded with a scale pattern all over, loop handle, painted with sprays of European flowers (deutsche blumen). Patricia Ferguson of the Gardiner Ceramic Museum, Toronto, notes this item has a crown interlaced 'C' s for the dual coronet of Charles Eugene, Duke of Wurttemberg, Germany and that the moulded pattern is designed by Gottlieb Friedrich Riedel.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Marks and inscriptions
top shelf Wurttemburg/Ludwigsburg (paper adhesive stamp label)
Makers and roles
Ludwigsburg Porcelain Manufactory , manufacturer