Cup

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup, with no handle, of soft-paste porcelain decorated with applied prunus sprays and painted with yellow and brown enamels.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Cup of soft-paste porcelain, Capodimonte porcelain factory, Capo di Monte, ca. 1750.
Physical description
Cup, with no handle, of soft-paste porcelain decorated with applied prunus sprays and painted with yellow and brown enamels.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.9cm
  • Diameter: 6.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
Traces of a fleur-de-lys (In underglaze blue)
Gallery label
(ca. 1995)
CUP
Porcelain
Mark: traces of a fleur-de-lys, in underglaze blue
ITALY (CAPODIMONTE); about 1750
Gift of Mr N. Baker
C.174-1926
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)
Credit line
Given by Mr N. Baker, Esq.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.174-1926

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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