Covered Cup and Saucer
date: label: Date
content: late 18th–early 19th century
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: Inverted pear-shaped cup on small gilded foot rim; entwined strap handle ending in gilded leaves. On opposite hand is painted a large script letter, K: surmounted by a wreath; both in gilt entwined with pink ribbons and multicoloted flowers; 3 tiny scattered flowers. Round lid with gilded but knob with stem. Pink ribbon encircling knob, with bow tied around gilt frame around letter K, similar to the cup. 3 scattered flowers.
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: Gift of Mrs. Jacob M. Kaplan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1975-29-1-a/c
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, vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a: cup): 6.2 × 10.4 × 8 cm (2 7/16 × 4 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (b: cover): 4.5 × 8.5 cm (1 3/4 × 3 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (c: saucer): 3 × 13.5 cm (1 3/16 × 5 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a,b: overall): 10 × 10.4 × 8 cm (3 15/16 × 4 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.)