Cup
ca. 1770 (made)
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Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with red enamel and gilded. Decorated with moulded flutes, in each of which is painted a vertical line in red enamel terminating above in a scroll. Round the foot is a gilt line. Traces of a gilt line within the margin inside of the cup.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with red enamel, moulded and gilded |
| Brief description | Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain, probably Cozzi pottery factory, Venice, ca. 1770. |
| Physical description | Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with red enamel and gilded. Decorated with moulded flutes, in each of which is painted a vertical line in red enamel terminating above in a scroll. Round the foot is a gilt line. Traces of a gilt line within the margin inside of the cup. |
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| Gallery label | Coffee Cup
Porcelain
Perhaps made for the Turkish market
ITALY (VENICE, PROBABLY COZZI); about 1770
Gift of Mr Alfred Spero
C.321-1951
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995) |
| Credit line | Given by Mr Alfred Spero |
| Object history | Perhaps made for the Turkish market. |
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| Accession number | C.321-1951 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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