tea cup & saucer

Capodimonte

Summary

Public: Teacup and saucer, soft paste porcelain, painted in green, yellow, mauve, brown, iron red and pink enamel colours and gilt with outsize fruit in a landscape. Private: Teacup and saucer, soft paste porcelain. Shallow cup, the sides sloping in to narrow footring; small scroll handle. Shallow saucer, with slightly everted rim. Painted in green, yellow, mauve, brown, iron red and pink enamel colours with, on the cup, figs, apples, grapes and a lemon in a landscape; on the saucer, apples, grapes and melons in a landscape. Deep lambrequin borders in gilt, incorporating coloured flowers.