Coffee cup (part of a service)

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

ca. 1758–69 · Soft-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The gilding on these pieces (see 54.163.7a, b–.34) is of a very high order, with tooled work on a thick application of honey gilding selectively matte and burnished for a lively design of pheasants, peacocks, and swallows in a landscape. The deep bowl was for little cakes.

Artist

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

Date

ca. 1758–69

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain

Culture

British, Chelsea

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Garvan, in memory of Francis P. Garvan, 1954