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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Coffee Cup

ca. 1745-1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with a landscape in the Chinese style with buildings and a ship on one side, and a spray on the other. Gilt rim.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain, Capodimonte porcelain factory, Capo di Monte, ca. 1745-1750.
Physical description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with a landscape in the Chinese style with buildings and a ship on one side, and a spray on the other. Gilt rim.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.9cm
  • Diameter: 7.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A fleur-de-lys (In underglaze blue)
  • '25' [and an indistinct character] (Incised)
Gallery label
CUP Porcelain Mark: a fleur-de-lys, in underglaze blue and "25?", incised ITALY (CAPODIMONTE); about 1745-50 Gift of Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall D.S.O. through the National Art-Collections Fund C.269-1918 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.269-1918

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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