Tea Bowl and Saucer with "Hausmaler" Decor
date: label: Date
content: 1720–1730
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
label: Gilder
content: Bartholomäus Seuter, German, 1676 - 1754
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Round, tapering form cup with circular ring foot that has gold chinoiserie decoration on the surface. Images of figures engaged in various activities such as eating, drinking, and playing instruments are in the center and birds, monkeys, and a rat are included in the scene. Interior rim of the cup is decorated in a gold scalloped border with lines and scrolls. The saucer is a basic round form with faded gold chinoiserie decoration in the center and a gold scalloped bordered with lines and scrolls around the edge. In the center of the saucer, there are two figures, a palm tree, scroll decoration and other forms of foliage.
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: 1938-57-636-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, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (a: cup): 4.3 × 7.5 cm (1 11/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (b: saucer): 2.3 × 13 cm (7/8 × 5 1/8 in.)