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Accession number: Z4046
Collection place: China
Production date: 1751-1800
Material: ceramic; porcelain
Measurements: H 66 mm; DM (rim) 58 mm
Museum Section: Decorative Art
Summary: One of ten identical Chinese porcelain coffee cups, bearing the clothworkers' arms. It has a gilt band at the rim and inside there is a gilt chain pattern and swags of roses. The cup bears the inscription 'MY TRUST IS IN GOD ALONE'. See Crisp catalogue, No. 8. Lent by F A Crisp in 1913 probably given by his widow Mrs Gertrude Crisp c 1923.
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)
Category: Porcelain.
Sub-category: Oriental.

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