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Stirrup cup
Cup, pearlware with a blue tinge to the glaze, conical form, relief-moulded with to either side of the cup two mirror-image faces, when the cup is inverted the upper face is presented, representing the Pope with the papal crown above forming the top of the cup, when the cup is reversed the lower face representing a devil with horns and a leering expression is presented, the faces and papal crown picked out in orange, blue and black, the sides of the faces moulded with acanthus leaves painted green.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36152
Measurements
Height
(cm): 15.8
diam
(cm): 8
Height
(in): 6
diam
(in): 3
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