Cup

1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. On one side with armorial escutcheon surmounted by a coronet and crest. Red lion rampant on escutcheon, surrounded by purple floral border and enclosed by gilt spray of flowers. Red demi-lion rampant on crest. On opposite side are flowers and leaves on long wavy stems in gold. Gilt insects.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Cup of hard-paste porcelain, Cozzi pottery factory, Venice, 1780.
Physical description
Cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. On one side with armorial escutcheon surmounted by a coronet and crest. Red lion rampant on escutcheon, surrounded by purple floral border and enclosed by gilt spray of flowers. Red demi-lion rampant on crest. On opposite side are flowers and leaves on long wavy stems in gold. Gilt insects.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.9cm
  • Diameter: 9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • An anchor (In red)
  • A cross (Incised)
Gallery label
(ca. 1995)
Cup
Porcelain
Mark: an anchor, in red
ITALY (VENICE, COZZI); 1780
990-1853
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)
Object history
Bandinel Collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
990-1853

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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