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Coffee Cup

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

Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with a circular medallion with a landscape showing ladies and gentlemen standing on a roadway.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain, Naples Royal Porcelain Factory, Naples, ca. 1780.
Physical description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with a circular medallion with a landscape showing ladies and gentlemen standing on a roadway.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.4cm
  • Diameter: 6.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
'N' under a crown (In underglaze blue)
Gallery label
(ca. 1995)
COFFEE CUP
Porcelain
Mark: "N" under a crown, in underglaze blue
ITALY (NAPLES); about 1780
J. G. Joicey Bequest
C.1728-1919
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1728-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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