Custard Cup (Pot à Crème)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1770
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Full-bellied cup (a), with spiral ribbing and simple loop handle; domed cover (b), with twisted ray ribbing and knob in the form of an apple with leaves. Cup and lid decorated with polychrome floral sprays.
place: label: Place
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John B. Trevor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1906-23-6-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: cup
label: Type
content: cup
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 9.5 × 8.3 × 6.2 cm (3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 2 7/16 in.)