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

Cup

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

Cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Squat shape with spreading convex sides, curving slightly outwards at the lip, and no handle. A heraldic shield in a rococo cartouche surmounted by a coronet, with a field gules, a horse rampant arget, surcharged by a fesse azure with three mullets or. Harbour scenes on either side extends round the cup with figures and shipping, in the manner of Meissen porcelain. Dull blue and orange clouds in the sky. Round the foot-ring, a band of gold. Inside the lip is a deep border of interlaced scrollwork in gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Cup of hard-paste porcelain, Cozzi pottery factory, Venice, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Squat shape with spreading convex sides, curving slightly outwards at the lip, and no handle. A heraldic shield in a rococo cartouche surmounted by a coronet, with a field gules, a horse rampant arget, surcharged by a fesse azure with three mullets or. Harbour scenes on either side extends round the cup with figures and shipping, in the manner of Meissen porcelain. Dull blue and orange clouds in the sky. Round the foot-ring, a band of gold. Inside the lip is a deep border of interlaced scrollwork in gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor (In red)
Gallery label
Cup Porcelain Mark: an anchor, in red ITALY (VENICE, COZZI); about 1770 Gift of Mr Alfred Spero C.84-1954 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Given by Mr Alfred Spero
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.84-1954

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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