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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Teacup and Saucer

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teacup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with festoons of roses and foliage in purple and green interlaced with a wavy zigzag in purple gilt edges.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Teacup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain, Cozzi pottery factory, Venice, ca. 1800.
Physical description
Teacup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with festoons of roses and foliage in purple and green interlaced with a wavy zigzag in purple gilt edges.
Gallery label
Tea Cup And Saucer Porcelain Mark: an anchor, in red and "6" incised on the saucer ITALY (VENICE, COZZI); about 1800 Gift of Mrs Herbert Allen (Maude Louise Alien) C.151 & A-1922 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Herbert Allen (Maude Louise Allen)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.151&A-1922

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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