Teacup
Rue Thiroux Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1775 - 1800
Materials
Porcelain
Measurements
56 mm (Height); 78 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Paris
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Saltram, Devon
NT 870896.7.2
Summary
Cup - One of five teacups made of hard paste porcelain from the Rue Thiroux factory, Paris. Decorated with a running border pattern consisting of flowers and foliage in enamels and gilding.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Death Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley
Makers and roles
Rue Thiroux Porcelain Factory, potters