Description:
One of a pair of soft-paste procelain U-shaped coffee cups (see HD 2012.27.7) with a blue band around the inside rim, applied strap handle, and applied footrim, which is marked with an underglaze blue crescent on the botton for the Worcester Porcelain Factory. The cup is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue enamel with a transfer-printed design of the "Three Flowers" pattern depicting a variety of flowers, a rose, and a butterfly. The "Three Flowers" design was one of the Worcester Factory's most popular patterns, which was copied by the Caughley Factory and Lowestoft Factory. Marks and the poor quality of the printing help distinguish the copies from the Worcester originals. The pattern was so popular that it was also copied on Staffordshire earthenwares.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); Porcelain Link to share this object record:
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