Cup and Saucer
ca. 1750 (made)
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Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain, moulded in relief.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| 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. |
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| Credit line | Given by J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr |
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| 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Bibliography: unpublished |
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| Accession number | C.33&A-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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