Cup
Pierre-Louis Dagoty (1771 - 1840)
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1815
Materials
Hard paste porcelain
Measurements
70 mm (Height); 96 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 607405.1.2
Summary
One of five white hard paste porcelain cups with wide shallow bowl, raised on circular foot ring and C-scroll side handle. Hand painted gilt border to rim, a pointed leaf motif linked by loops, with gilt line borders. Made by Pierre-Louis Dagoty circa 1815. Pierre-Louis Dagoty became the leading Paris factory by 1807, supplying the Empress Josephine and the Imperial Court at Versailles and Compiegne. The factory survived until 1867.
Provenance
Believed to have been acquired by 3rd Lord Berwick: William Noel Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick (1773 -1842) who had been in Italy as British envoy and ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples and the Two Sicilies, from the collection of Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples. By descent bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
...L.Dagoty A PARIS (printed on base in sepia)
Makers and roles
Pierre-Louis Dagoty (1771 - 1840), potter