Cup
Barr, Flight and Barr
Category
Ceramics
Date
1810 - 1820
Materials
Porcelain and gilt
Measurements
64 mm (Height); 83 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Worcester
Order this imageCollection
Hill Top, Cumbria
NT 641504.1
Summary
Porcelain cup, Worcester, (Barr, Flight and Barr) c.1810-20; main body decorated with classical prints of Hercules and the bull, a woman sacrificing a ram, and a horseman fighting a foot-soldier; straight-sided flaring body over a moulded base, with gilt lines at lip, foot, and base of main body; impressed mark, crowned 'BFB' (Barr, Flight and Barr); has accompanying saucer (HIL.C.139b).
Marks and inscriptions
BFB (crowned impressed mark)
Makers and roles
Barr, Flight and Barr, manufacturer