Chocolate or Coffee Cup and Saucer
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
- Style of
- Johann Georg Heintze, German, 1707 - after 1749
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Cup (a) tall, slightly flaring side outcurved at edge; double scrolled handle; cylindrical foot. Saucer (b) shallow, curved side, slightly outcurved at edge. Decoration of seaport scenes - two on cup, one on saucer - enclosed in framework of gilding and orange scrolls
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
- 1735–1745
- Accession Number
- 1938-57-437-a,b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- ceramics
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- cup and saucer
- Type
- cup and saucer
- Medium
- hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
- Dimensions
- H x W (a,b: overall): 8.5 × 13.2 cm (3 3/8 × 5 3/16 in.)
- H x W x D (a: cup): 7.6 × 9 × 7 cm (3 in. × 3 9/16 in. × 2 3/4 in.)
- H x diam. (b: saucer): 2.8 × 13.2 cm (1 1/8 × 5 3/16 in.)
- manufactured in
- Germany
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1938-57-437-a_b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq40eeeef1c-7ca4-4802-b270-1fe2ac2d7d06
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