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Cup and Saucer

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

Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain, moulded in relief.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, moulded in relief
Brief description
Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain, Doccia porcelain factory, Doccia, ca. 1750.
Physical description
Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain, moulded in relief.
Gallery label
(ca. 1995)
Saucer
Porcelain
ITALY (DOCCIA); about 1765
Mark: a blue fleur-de-lys, probably a later addition
Gift of Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall D.S.O.
through the National Art-Collections Fund
C.33A-1919
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)
(ca. 1995)
CUP
Porcelain
Allegorical figures of Music and Poetry
ITALY (DOCCIA); about 1750-60
Gift of Lt-'Col. K. Dingwall D.S.O.
through the National Art-Collections Fund
C.33-1919
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)
Credit line
Given by J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Frescobaldi Malenchini, Livia ed. With Balleri, Rita and Rucellai, Oliva, ‘Amici di Doccia Quaderni, Numero VII, 2013, The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection’, Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, 2014 p.40, Cat. 15 15. Two-handled cup and saucer decorated with bas-relief scenes circa 1750 hard-paste porcelain cup h 8 cm; saucer diam. 13,5 cm the saucer with indistinct mark inv. C.33&A-1919 gift: Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO through The Art Fund Cup and saucer of white porcelain with bas-relief scenes and two handles shaped like entwined branches. At the base of the handles there are four twigs on each side. The saucer is decorated with cartouches and festoons of fruits and flowers in bas-relief. On one side of the cup there is the figure of the muse of dancing and song, Terpsichore, taken from the back of a medal made by Lorenzo Maria Weber in 1730 for Gaetano Berenstadt, a famous opera singer (TODERI, VANNEL, 1987, p. 242-243, n. 370). The other figure represents winged Genius which is based on the back of a medal made by Weber around 1730 for the Florentine scholar and patron of the arts Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburri; (I wish to thank Rita Balleri for this information, TODERI, VANNEL, 1987, p. 242, n. 369). The lead model for this latter medal is in the Museo di Doccia. (inv. 6654). For further historical information, see cat. 17. A.B. Bibliography: unpublished
Collection
Accession number
C.33&A-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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