Cup
ca. 1780-1790 (made)
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Chocolate-cup with cover and stand of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with figures in grisaille in the style of Cesare Ripa. Rim with a border of small gilt festoons and floral garlands.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Chocolate-cup with cover and stand of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Royal Copenhagen, Copenhagen, ca. 1780-1790 |
| Physical description | Chocolate-cup with cover and stand of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with figures in grisaille in the style of Cesare Ripa. Rim with a border of small gilt festoons and floral garlands. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 1999.
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| Accession number | 272 to B-1876 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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