Tea Bowl and Saucer
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1735–1745
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
label: Possibly
content: Christian Frederich Herold, German, 1700–1779
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cup hemispherical, with slight outcurving at edge; cylindrical foot; no handle. Saucer shallow, curved side, slight outcurving at edge. Outside of cup and saucer decorated with slightly mottled red-violet, in which on cup are two four-lobed reserve panels enclosing seaport scenes. Upper face of saucer decorated with seaport enclosed in framework of gilding and colored scrolls. Gilt "lace" borders.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Germany
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-57-440-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: tea bowl and saucer
label: Type
content: tea bowl and saucer
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (a: cup): 4.3 x 7.2 cm (1 11/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (b: saucer): 2.5 x 12 cm (1 in. x 4 3/4 in.)