cup & saucer

Meissen



cup & saucer

Meissen

Summary

Public: Cup and saucer, hard paste porcelain, iron red, blue, sea green, leaf-green, yellow, mauve, grey, black and brown enamel colours with birds and flowers. Private: Cup and saucer, hard paste porcelain, shallow cup with everted rim and high footring, small loop handle. Shallow saucer, painted in iron red, blue, sea green, leaf-green, yellow, mauve, grey, black and brown enamel colours and gilt with birds seated on branches amid chrysanthemums. Rims decorated in brown.


Object Name

cup & saucer

Creators Name

Meissen

Date Created

1735 - 1740

Dimensions

cup: 4.4cm
saucer:

accession number

1981.378/2

Place of creation

Germany

Medium

Credit

Dr Frederick Lacks and Dr Erna Lacks Bequest

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