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On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Cup and Saucer

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Treviso Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Treviso (made)

Cup and saucer of hard paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Cup and saucer
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Hard Paste Porcelain
Painted
Gilded
Brief description
Cup and saucer of hard paste porcelain, Treviso porcelain factory, Treviso, ca. 1800.
Physical description
Cup and saucer of hard paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'G.A.F.F. Treviso' (In grey on the base, for Giuseppe and Andrea Fratelli Fontabasso)
  • (An incised mark)
Gallery label
(ca. 1995)
CUP AND SAUCER
Porcelain
Marks: "G.A.F.F. Treviso", in grey (for Guiseppe and
Andrea Fratelli Fontabasso) and an incised mark
ITALY (TREVISO); about 1800
Gift of Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall D. S. O.
through the National Art-Collections Fund
C.101 & A-1927
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Insects
Christ
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.101&A-1927

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O334200/cup-and-saucer-treviso-porcelain-factory/
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