Rangoon Cup and Saucer
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1878–85
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Francis J. Emery, active ca. 1878 – 1893
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Tapered cylindrical cup (a) with squared handle, the cream-colored ground with brown transfer-printed Japanese-inspired decoration of birds in flight among a tree and flowers, above a geometric-patterned band and flower decoration. Narrow brown geometric-patterned band on inside of rim, geometric pattern on handle. The circular saucer (b) transfer-printed with same decoration as cup.
place: label: manufactured in
content: England
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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 the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1999-42-5-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: Glazed earthenware
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a: cup): 7 x 10.1 x 8.5 cm (2 3/4 in. x 4 in. x 3 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (b: saucer): 2.2 x 14.9 cm (7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)