Cup and Saucer
date: label: Date
content: 1840–1850
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cup with rounded foot and round bottom marked by ridge, and convex sides; flattened handle with scrolls. Saucer paneled, like upper part of cup, with eight alternately wide and narrow panels. Crisp Rococo revival relief decoration of scrollwork and flowers gilded. Gold band and inside of cup.
place: label: Place
content: Germany
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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: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-57-515-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: cup and saucer
label: Type
content: cup and saucer
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: hard paste porcelain, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a: cup): 7.6 × 12.3 × 10 cm (3 in. × 4 13/16 in. × 3 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (b: saucer): 1.3 × 15.6 cm (1/2 × 6 1/8 in.)