Octagonal Cup and Saucer
date: label: Date
content: 1735–1745
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
label: Style of
content: Johann Georg Heintze, German, 1707 - after 1749
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Octagonal cup and saucer. Saucer has high sides and is gilded at inner-edge; center painted with a waterside scene of laborers. Cup has slim handle and round foot with gilded band. Decorated with scene of small boats being laden with cargo. Interior gilding is largely missing, revealing the red underpainting.
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: 1938-57-439-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): 5.3 × 9.6 × 7.2 cm (2 1/16 × 3 3/4 × 2 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (b: saucer): 2.7 × 14.5 cm (1 1/16 × 5 11/16 in.)