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

Cup and Saucer

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup and saucer of gilded hard-paste porcelain. Painted with pseudo-Chinese figures of boys playing games in a landscape. Scattered insects.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, gilded
Brief description
Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain, Cozzi pottery factory, Venice, ca. 1780.
Physical description
Cup and saucer of gilded hard-paste porcelain. Painted with pseudo-Chinese figures of boys playing games in a landscape. Scattered insects.
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor (In red)
Gallery label
Cup and Saucer Porcelain Mark: an anchor, in red ITALY (VENICE, COZZI); about 1780 Arthur Hurst Bequest C.140 & A-1940 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.140&A-1940

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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