Cup
Pierre-Louis Dagoty (1771 - 1840)
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1815
Materials
Hard paste porcelain
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 607413
Summary
A pair of hard paste porcelain cups with wide flared sides and everted rim, raised on circular foot. C-scroll handle with bracket, and a pair of matching saucers. Hand painted with decorative Italianate landscapes and buildings. Gilt line borders. Made by Pierre-Louis Dagoty circa 1815.
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.
Makers and roles
Pierre-Louis Dagoty (1771 - 1840), potter