Cup and Saucer

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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Artist/Maker	Cozzi Pottery Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin	Venice (made)

Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Painted with enamels and gilded. With armorial escutcheon surmounted by a coronet and crest. Red lion rampant on escutcheon, surrounded by purple floral border and enclosed by gilt spray of flowers. Red demi-lion rampant on crest. On opposite side are flowers and leaves on long wavy stems in gold. Gilt insects.

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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain
Object type	Cup and saucer
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Cups Saucer
Materials and techniques	Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded Hard-Paste Porcelain Enamels Painted Gilded
Brief description	Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain, Cozzi pottery factory, Venice, ca. 1780.
Physical description	Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Painted with enamels and gilded. With armorial escutcheon surmounted by a coronet and crest. Red lion rampant on escutcheon, surrounded by purple floral border and enclosed by gilt spray of flowers. Red demi-lion rampant on crest. On opposite side are flowers and leaves on long wavy stems in gold. Gilt insects.
Marks and inscriptions	An anchor (In red)
Gallery label	Cup and Saucer Porcelain Mark: an anchor, in red ITALY (VENICE, COZZI); about 1780 989 & A-1853 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Subjects depicted	Lion Flowers Leaves Insects
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	989&A-1853

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O334245/cup-and-saucer-cozzi-pottery-factory/

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