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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Beaker

ca. 1720-1727 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This beaker was probably intended for drinking chocolate, an expensive, fashionable and relatively new beverage imported from Mexico and the Caribbean.

The Vezzi factory intended to create oriental-style porcelain, however the painter of this piece has used Chinese style motifs in overglaze enamel colours instead of the underglaze blue decoration more characteristic of imported Chinese wares.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard paste porcelain, painted with overglaze enamels
Brief description
Beaker of hard-paste porcelain, painted with overglaze enamels with Chinoiserie, made by the Vezzi porcelain factory, Venice ca. 1720-27.
Physical description
Beaker of hard-paste porcelain, painted with overglaze enamels in shades of yellow, lime green and red with Chinoiserie.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst
Subject depicted
Summary
This beaker was probably intended for drinking chocolate, an expensive, fashionable and relatively new beverage imported from Mexico and the Caribbean.

The Vezzi factory intended to create oriental-style porcelain, however the painter of this piece has used Chinese style motifs in overglaze enamel colours instead of the underglaze blue decoration more characteristic of imported Chinese wares.
Collection
Accession number
C.129-1940

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Record createdJanuary 27, 2009
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