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

Coffee Cup and Saucer

1770-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a purple border of a peacock-tail pattern fenced within gilt rococo scrollwork. With bunches of flowers and fruit.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Coffee cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain, Cozzi pottery factory, Venice, 1770-1780.
Physical description
Coffee cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a purple border of a peacock-tail pattern fenced within gilt rococo scrollwork. With bunches of flowers and fruit.
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor (In red)
Gallery label
Coffee Cup And Saucer Porcelain Mark: an anchor, in red ITALY (VENICE, COZZI); 1770-1780 Gift of Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall D.S.O. C.62 & A-1916 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.62&A-1916

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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