Porcelain Cup, Saucer, and Glass Beaker with Box
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1803–1808
name: label: Probably
content: Buen Retiro Manufactory, Spanish, 1759 – 1808
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cup (a) with flaring rim, high loop handle terminating in a serpent's head, with high foot. Ornamented with trophies and initials in raised floral wreath. Foliate bands near rim and base of cup. Saucer (b) decorated with trophies and raised floral wreaths, one with inscription "Por la vida", the other with pair of blazing hearts. At center of bowl, circular medallion with five-pointed star. Rectangular leather-covered case (c) with hinged lid; circular metal ring at top and metal closures at front. Glass beaker (d) has a slightly flared rim and is incised with a "C" within a shield.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Madrid, Spain
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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 Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-41-7-a/d
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: cup, saucer, beaker, box
label: Type
content: cup, saucer, beaker, box
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; glass; wood, brass, leather
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a, cup): 11.8 x 7.8 x 10 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (b, saucer): 3.2 x 13.4 cm (1 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (c, box closed): 15.7 x 20 x 15.2 cm (6 3/16 x 7 7/8 x 6 in.)