coffee cup & saucer

Capodimonte

Summary

Public: Coffee cup and saucer, soft paste porcelain, painted in green, blue, yellow, mauve, puce and iron red overglaze enamels and gilt with figures in a landscape scene. Private: Coffee cup and saucer, soft paste porcelain. Tall, straight-sided cup, with everted rim, low, and narrow footring, shaped, angular handle. Shallow saucer with slightly everted rim. Painted in green, blue, yellow, mauve, puce and iron red enamel colours with couples in landscapes with buildings and ruined columns. Gilt scrollwork borders on saucer and inner rim of cup, the handle picked out in gilt.