Cup

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

Cup of soft-paste white porcelain with silver gilt mounts. Decoration, moulded and applied, with three prunus sprays in white relief. The rim has a serrated mount, and the mount on the foot has three fleur-de-lys attached.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain with silver gilt mounts and moulded
Brief description
Cup of soft-paste porcelain with silver gilt mounts, Capodimonte porcelain factory, Capo di Monte, ca. 1750.
Physical description
Cup of soft-paste white porcelain with silver gilt mounts. Decoration, moulded and applied, with three prunus sprays in white relief. The rim has a serrated mount, and the mount on the foot has three fleur-de-lys attached.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.3cm
  • Diameter: 6.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
A fleur-de-lys (A underglaze blue)
Gallery label
(ca. 1995)
CUP WITH SIVER GILT MOUNTS
Porcelain
Mark: a fleur-de-lys, in underglaze blue
ITALY (CAPODIMONTE); about 1750,
the mounts later
Gift of Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall D. S. O.
through the National Art-Collections Fund
C.230-1918
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Object history
The mounts have been added later.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.230-1918

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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