saucer; cup BM-Franks.652

Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1730-1760
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted, gilded,
Subjects:industrial building
Dimensions:Diameter: 12 centimetres (saucer) Height: 4.50 centimetres (cup)

Description:
Cup and saucer. Decorated in London, England at James Giles’ workshop. Made of enamelled porcelain with black outlines and green wash. Gilded.
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Comments:The cup and saucer were produced at Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province. They were decorated in the workshop of James Giles (1718-80), an English porcelain painter who managed a business in Kentish Town, London, from 1756 to 1763, and in Soho, London, from 1763 to 1776 (Coke, 1983, p.4). In his workshop both European and Chinese porcelains were decorated with original designs as well as with copies of prints and oil paintings.