Plate

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

Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the middle is an armorial escutcheon surmounted by a coronet and crest. Red lion rampant on escutcheon, surrounded by purple floral border and is enclosed by gilt spray of flowers. Red demi-lion rampant on crest. Gilt insects and sprays on the rim.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate of hard-paste porcelain, Cozzi pottery factory, Venice, ca. 1780.
Physical description
Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the middle is an armorial escutcheon surmounted by a coronet and crest. Red lion rampant on escutcheon, surrounded by purple floral border and is enclosed by gilt spray of flowers. Red demi-lion rampant on crest. Gilt insects and sprays on the rim.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 20.9cm
  • Depth: 2.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor (In red)
Gallery label
(ca. 1995)
Plate
Porcelain
Mark: an anchor, in red
ITALY (VENICE, COZZI); about 1780
3384-1853
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)
Object history
Bandinel Collection.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Arthur Lane. Italian Porcelain, London: Faber, 1955. See plate 20 and p. 18
Collection
Accession number
3384-1853

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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