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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Coffee Cup and Saucer

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup and saucer in tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and gilded in the oriental manner.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours
Brief description
Coffee cup and saucer in tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and gilded, Pasquale Rubati's factory, Milan, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Coffee cup and saucer in tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and gilded in the oriental manner.
Dimensions
  • Cup height: 6.5cm (Note: conversion from inches)
  • Cup diameter: 6.5cm
  • Saucer diameter: 12cm
Marks and inscriptions
'F.P.R Milno' (Maker's mark, painted in red)
Gallery label
Coffee cup and saucer. Made in Italy F.P.R Milno (for: Fabbrica Pasquale Rubati ) Tin-glazed earthenware C.1760-1919 Joicey Bequest(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
1238 - Rackham (1940)
Collection
Accession number
C.1760&A-1919

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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