Cup and Saucer, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1810–1820
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735
label: Probably
content: Ferdinando Ammannati, Italian, before 1781 – after 1823
label: Probably
content: Giovan Battista Fanciullacci, Italian, 1745 – 1825
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Short cylindrical cup (a) with loop handle; gray-white ground decorated with underglaze-painted oval medallion showing view of walled city along riverbank; rim with underglaze blue band between two thin gilt lines; three incised concentric lines around base; handle with gold "U" and dots. Circular saucer (b) with gray-white ground decorated circular central medalion showing view of walled cities on water; rim with underglaze blue band between two thin gilt bands.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Doccia, Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1949-151-16-c,d
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: cup and saucer
label: Type
content: cup and saucer
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (c): 6.5 x 8.1 x 6.1 cm (2 9/16 x 3 3/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (d): 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)