# Cup and Saucer with an Abolitionist Scene

- By: Etruria Works
- Date: c. 1853 - c. 1863
- Medium: porcelain
- Classification: platter
- Dimensions: diameter 6.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/NG-1994-53-B--6c44d50f85a1aed3c8797c2a7785683b)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/dZvbW/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This cup and saucer were probably made for a Dutch anti-slavery committee. Such women’s groups sold embroidery, jewellery and chinaware for the benefit of enslaved people in Suriname and other colonies. The decoration is after a design by the English porcelain manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood, a leading supporter of the anti-slavery movement. The English abolished slavery in 1833. In Suriname and the Dutch Antilles this took place only in 1863.