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 ogee profile, rounded foot, loop handle. Shallow saucer and cup decorated in relief with radiating leaves and curved ridges in gradient green against pale violet with pearly sheen, picked out in gold. Gold band about inside of cup, foot and on handle.
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: 1938-57-516-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, vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a: cup): 6.5 × 11.7 × 10.1 cm (2 9/16 in. × 4 5/8 in. × 4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (b: saucer): 3 × 15.7 cm (1 3/16 × 6 3/16 in.)