Teacup

Description

Porcelain teacup painted in colours and gold, part of a tea service given to Jane Burke, wife of Edmund Burke, to mark his election as M.P. for Bristol: English, Bristol, by Richard Champion's porcelain factory, c. 1774 - 1775

Museum reference

A.1953.443

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Teacup

Production information

Champion, Richard, 1743 - 1791
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, Northern Europe

Date

1774 - 1775

Materials

Porcelain

Physical description

Porcelain painted in colours and gold

Associations

Presenter: Champion, Richard, 1743 - 1791
Previous owner: Burke, Jane, 1757 (fl.)
William Edkins Collection
Haddington collection (NMS)
Election of Edmund Burke as M.P. for Bristol
Guelph Exhibition

Exhibitions

• Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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