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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Cup and Saucer

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Doccia Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Doccia (made)

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


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, moulded in relief
Hard-Paste Porcelain
Moulded
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
  • 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)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Given by J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr
Subjects depicted
Music
Poetry
Woman
Lyre
Trophies
Youth
Medallion
Festoons
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
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.33&A-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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