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These popular cups were also made in red and brown stoneware as well as soft delftware - a material quite unsuited to hot drinks. But soon tough Chinese porcelain versions became available.<br><br><b>Time</b><br>The last quarter of the 17th century saw a great flowering of both the arts and the sciences, often combined together in talented individuals such as the prolific artist and engraver Francis Place. His independent discovery of the process of making salt-glazed stoneware in the 1690s, though not used commercially, was a significant achievement.<br><br><b>Historical Associations</b><br>After Francis Place's death, his experimental marbled stoneware capuchine and its box were exhibited at Ralph Thoresby's Museum in Leeds. Established as an interesting curio associated with a famous artist, it was then purchased by Horace Walpole for his collection at Strawberry Hill, and later acquired by Augustus Wollaton Franks (the great Director and benefactor of the British Museum) who donated it in 1869 to the Museum of Practical Geology. In 1901, the Museum of Practical Geology's collections were transferred to the V&A.","physicalDescription":"Cup of grey stoneware, streaked with black and brown; accompanied by a leather case with hinged cover and stamped borders and a label inscribed, probably in the handwriting of Sir Horace Walpole, 'Mr. Francis Place's China.' The lower part of the cup is rounded, and the upper part expands towards the rim; it has a grooved loop handle. 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Given by Sir A. Wollaston Franks KCG. 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This is one of only four surviving pieces of stoneware made in the 1690s by Francis Place. Place was better known as a draughtsman, but he was also one of the first Englishmen to undertake experiments to find the secret of porcelain manufacture.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["4762-1901","4762A-1901"],"accessionNumberNum":"4762","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1901,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Cup","Case"],"assets":["2017JW4558","2019LN6331","2019LR2441","2019LR1829","2019LP8762","2019LP5393","2019LP3350","2019LU7132","2019LU5739","2019LU2641","2019LU1493","2019LW1758"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}