Precious Porcelain
Doccia Porcelain Coffee Cup and Saucer with Fighting Cock, 1770-80 (No 5)
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Doccia Coffee Cup and Saucer c.1770-80, decorated in iron red and gilt with cockerels or galli rossi fighting beneath tall fringed trees.
The first record of the use of this Chinese-inspired decoration is in 1747 and refers to cockerels painted in black. However, the same design was also executed in green, red and blue usually with gilt highlights.
Size: Cup, 5 3/4cm wide x 6 3/4cm high. Saucer 12 3/4cm wide.
Condition: Handle Reglued, Wear to Saucer.