Cup with "Etruscan" Handles and Saucer (Gobelet à Anses Etrusques et Soucoupe)
date: label: Date
content: 1795–1805
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cup with a gilded, receding foot. Two gilded, horizontal handles in the antique style. Decorated with a purple, gilt borders and two circular reserves with the monogram MC, the latter letter in the form of a garland of roses. Saucer has a tall foot and high sides.
place: label: manufactured in
content: France
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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: 1931-41-20-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: porcelain (possibly soft paste), vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (cup): 8.2 × 12.5 × 8.5 cm (3 1/4 × 4 15/16 × 3 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (saucer): 4 × 17 cm (1 9/16 × 6 11/16 in.)