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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Chocolate Cup

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Chocolate-cup of tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours. No handle. Painted with a man in a red cloak, knee breeches and red stockings standing between a running dog and a tree. Scattered birds and insects.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours
Brief description
Chocolate-cup of tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours, Milan, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Chocolate-cup of tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours. No handle. Painted with a man in a red cloak, knee breeches and red stockings standing between a running dog and a tree. Scattered birds and insects.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7cm
  • Diameter: 6.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Milano' (In black)
Gallery label
Chocolate-cup Made in Italy Tin-glazed earthenware C.564-1920 Given by Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall, D.S.O.(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
1240 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.564-1920

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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