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The company name was Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli and became well-known for its historicist styles, exhibiting at the Italian Exhibition in London ion 1888, where the South Kensington Museum, (later the V&A) purchased this coffee pot.\r\n\r\nMost Cantagalli wares are marked on the base with the distinctive symbol of a cockerel.","physicalDescription":"Earthenware coffee pot and cover painted in lustre in blue and yellow on a white ground","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli","id":"A3932"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"earthenware","id":"x29356"}],"techniques":[{"text":"lustre","id":"x29344"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Earthenware painted in lustre","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2008BT0543"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"145 (VA)","id":"THES49865"},"free":"","case":"14","shelf":"2","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"coffee pot and cover","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Florence","id":"x28848"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca.1888","earliest":"1883-01-01","latest":"1892-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"288-1892","id":"O175496"},"association":"Version"}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"18.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"15.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"cockerel mark","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"hand-painted in underglaze blue"},{"content":"indecipherable mark","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Exhibited at the Italian Exhibition, London, 1888 where it was purchased by the museum. 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