Cup and saucer

Collection

MC

Brief description

Black ceramic cup with pink rose patterning on the inside, with an oxidised silver saucer, shaped as the shadow of the cup. Lin Cheung, 2008.

Title

Royal Albert

Object number (per part)

M.80:1
M.80:2

Object name (per part)

cup
saucer

Location - controlled (per part)

Short Term Loan Out
Short Term Loan Out

Production person

Cheung, Lin

Production date

2008

Production place

London

Material

silver

Technique

oxidised

Physical description

Black ceramic cup with pink rose patterning on the inside, with an oxidised silver saucer, shaped as the shadow of the cup.

Dimensions

length: 18cm
width: 13.5cm
height: 7cm

Label

Label used for display at Crafts Council 2012: This set of cups and saucers reflects a distinctive shift of emphasis from Cheung’s jewellery practice to producing objects. Cheung states, “I often collect things just because I like them or have sentimental value regardless of use, useless or incompleteness. I owned one or two cups that had lost their saucers but continued using them with other saucers. It just didn’t feel right… a cup without its original saucer always has a natural companion in its own shadow.” Cheung makes, “silver shadows for other people’s cherished or favourite, lonely cups”. Cheung’s studio is based in London.