Tall bell-shaped cup without saucer. It presents a gray-paste body and shiny lead-glazing. The foot is not very pronounced. One side of the cup displays a decoration contained within a rectangular cartouche framed by delicate gold filleting; the scene depicted, in monochrome reddish-orange, represents ruins and vestiges of architectural elements, which appear to draw their inspiration from etchings by Giovan Battista Piranesi published in 1748 in the collection "Alcune vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti innalzati da' Romani, parte dei quali si veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia" ['Views of triumphal arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which can be seen in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy'].

It is precisely the decoration on this cup (note, in particular, the arches in the top left-hand portion of the scene), together with the etching of "Parte del Foro di Nerva" [Part of the Forum of Nerva], that appears to act as a source for the decorative motif on the jardinières described in exhibit nr. 135. The other side of this cup features large-sized polychrome insects and naturalistic elements.

On the basis of the elevated pictorial quality of these decorations, I would venture an attribution to Giuseppe Romei (who left Doccia around 1748), or possibly to Angiolo Fiaschi. [AB]