Coffee Cup
Date1757-1765
Maker
Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
OriginEngland, Worcester
MediumPorcelain, soft-paste
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1981-23,1
DescriptionCoffee cup with blue-green glaze puddling over a grey-white body with scattered glaze bubbles. Decorated with "amorous trophies" in polychrome enamels of two birds, an altar with vases, Cupid's bow and arrow, against a pastoral landscape. Inside trimmed in purple enamel border of cartouches with trefoil fill, arabesques, and tassels.Markingsno
ProvenanceEx. Coll: Selwyn Parkinson
Sotheby, Mar 29 1966, Lot 34
Bought by Amor for Mr & Mrs. S.M. Clarke Collection of First Period Worcester (Acc. No. 161)
