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Cup with an inscription on a blue ground
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Cup with an inscription on a blue ground

anonymous · c. 1800 · turning; vitrification; paint; relief (sculpture technique); gild; emailleren; fired; formed; glaze; gold (metal); email; porcelain

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Porcelain cup on a spreading foot, slightly flaring wall, and high, curled handle. Painted in blue and gold. The cup is entirely covered in gold, with a blue band on the outer wall. Engraved within this band is the inscription 'GRATUS SANUS MEMOR MEDICI' and two decorative bands. Marked on the underside with B, 10, and 1/5.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineCup with an inscription on a blue ground. c. 1800. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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