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Coffee Cup

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Capodimonte Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Capo di Monte (made)

Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Bell-shaped and decorated with flowers.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Coffee cup
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Soft Paste Porcelain
Painted
Gilded
Brief description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain, Capodimonte porcelain factory, Capo di Monte, ca. 1750.
Physical description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Bell-shaped and decorated with flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6cm
  • Diameter: 6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A fleur-de-lys (In underglaze blue)
  • 'T' (Incised)
Gallery label
(ca. 1995)
CUP
Porcelain
Mark: a fleur-de-lys, in underglaze blue
and "T", incised
ITALY (CAPODIMONTE); about 1750
J. G. Joicey Bequest
C.1747-1919
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subject depicted
Flowers
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.1747-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O334169/coffee-cup-capodimonte-porcelain-factory/
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