Cup and saucer

Collection

MC

Brief description

Blue and white ceramic cup with oxidised silver saucer, shaped as the shadow of the cup. Lin Cheung, 2009.

Title

Willow

Object number (per part)

M.82:1
M.82:2

Object name (per part)

cup
saucer

Location - controlled (per part)

Short Term Loan Out
Short Term Loan Out

Production person

Cheung, Lin

Production date

2009

Production place

London

Material

silver

Technique

oxidised

Physical description

Blue and white ceramic cup with an oxidised silver saucer in the shape of the shadow of the cup. The cup depicts a blue willow pattern.

Dimensions

length: 18cm
width: 11cm
height: 8cm

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.