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Large chinoiserie First Class cup by Richard Ginori, ex-Andrea Doria (1956), ex-Malone.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
Large chinoiserie First Class cup by Richard Ginori, ex-Andrea Doria (1956), ex-Malone.
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Large chinoiserie First Class cup by Richard Ginori, ex-Andrea Doria (1956), ex-Malone. 119 grams, 2" x 4-1/14". The finest china items used aboard the Andrea Doria were those with Asian-inspired designs by Italian company Richard Ginori. This fully intact First Class cup, despite having encrustation and some degradation from its decades in saltwater, still has both scenes visible along with a stylized Italia crest. From the Andrea Doria (1956), pedigreed to the Bart Malone Collection with photo-certificate. Recovered from:Andrea Doria, sunk in 1956 off Massachusetts