Cup and Saucer Commemorating the Battle of Waterloo
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Battle of Waterloo commemorative cup with concave sides, with greatest diameter at lip. Flat strap handle. Flat saucer, horizontal ogee marly. Cup has bust portraits of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, encircled by gold palm and laurel branches. Saucer has gold inscription: Sieger / bei La belle Alliance / 1815 (Winners, the Beautiful Alliance).
place: label: manufactured in
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: 1938-57-494-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): 9 × 7.7 × 10.3 cm (3 9/16 × 3 1/16 × 4 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (b: saucer): 2.2 × 13.5 cm (7/8 × 5 5/16 in.)