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Flight, Barr & Barr
Dessert Service (Coffee Cup), Set of 121813

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Porcelain teacup with wide flaring body and gilded handle, decorated with Japan-pattern motifs: coral-like branches, exotic birds, and stylized plants in rust-orange, cobalt blue, teal, and gold on white.
Porcelain teacup with gilded rim and angular handle, decorated with polychrome Japan-style pattern: bamboo, coral-like branches, and a bird in green, red, black, and gold on a white ground, with a deep red and gold banded border.
Porcelain teacup with gilt rim and angular handle, decorated in red, green, navy, and gold with exotic birds, bamboo, flowering plants, and a pagoda amid coral-like branches in an Asian-inspired design.
Porcelain teacup with gilt rim and angular handle, decorated in Imari-style palette of red, cobalt blue, green, and gold; upper band features floral and leaf motifs on a red ground, lower body painted with bamboo, coral branches, and a bird.
Porcelain teacup with gilt rim and angular handle, decorated in Imari-style palette of iron-red, cobalt blue, green, and gold with painted exotic birds, coral branches, and bamboo-like plants; a red and gold foliate band encircles the upper body.
Porcelain teacup with gilt rim and angular handle, decorated in Imari-style with polychrome overglaze enamels depicting a bird among coral-red tree branches, a pavilion, and dark blue plantain leaves; red and gold foliate border band below the rim.
Porcelain teacup with gilded rim and loop handle, decorated in Imari-style polychrome with red, navy, and green botanical motifs, an exotic bird among coral-like branches, and gold foliate patterns on an orange-red upper band.
Porcelain teacup with gilded rim and handle, decorated in Imari-style pattern featuring coral-red trees, black and gold bamboo, green foliage, and a bird in landscape; red and gold foliate border band near the rim.
Porcelain teacup with gilded angular handle and foot ring, decorated in an Imari-style palette of deep red, cobalt blue, green, and gold. Lower body features painted branches, bamboo, and a small bird; upper band shows alternating floral and leaf motifs on a rust-red ground with gilt borders.
Porcelain teacup with gilded rim and handle, decorated in Imari-style with a wide band of red, cobalt blue, and gold foliate motifs above a scene depicting bamboo, flowering branches, a bird, and red foliage on a white ground.
Porcelain teacup with gilt rim and angular handle, decorated in an Imari-style pattern featuring a turquoise bird perched among coral-like branches, bamboo, and red and green foliage on a white ground, with a bold red and gold border above.
Porcelain teacup with gilded rim and angular handle, decorated in the Imari style with a band of rust-red and gold foliage above a white ground featuring painted birds, bamboo, pine, and flowering branches in rust, green, navy, and gold.

Flight, Barr & Barr, Coffee Cup, 1813, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Caleb D. Elliott in memory of Dorothy S. Elliott, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Manufacturer
Flight, Barr & Barr
Title
Dessert Service (Coffee Cup), Set of 12
Place Made
England
Date Made
1813
Medium
Porcleain
Dimensions
2 1/8 x 4 3/8 x 3 5/8 in. (5.4 x 11.11 x 9.21 cm) each
Credit Line
Gift of Caleb D. Elliott in memory of Dorothy S. Elliott
Accession Number
M.84.116.222-.233
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design