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Cup and saucer: (dishevelled birds) c.1770-72

Accession No.
1996.051a-b
Date Created
c.1770-72
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
International Art
Dimensions A
Cup: 5.4 x 9.8 x 7.8cm; saucer: 2.8 x 13cm (diam.)
Media Category
Ceramic
Secondary Media Category
porcelain
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain, with deep blue scale ground, reserved cartouches decorated with exotic birds and insects in overglaze colour. Gilt scrolls
Place Created
Worcester, England
Credit Line
Gift of James and Jessica Ellis in memory of Tory and Beatrice Cossart, Boonah, through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 1996

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