meissen porcelain cup and saucer
meissen porcelain cup and saucer
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- cup
- saucer
- date made
- 1763-1774
- maker
- Meissen Manufactory
- Physical Description
- blue (cup color)
- green (cup color)
- polychrome (component surface decoration color name)
- harbor scenes with figure (joint piece description of decoration)
- harbor scenes with figure (overall description of decoration)
- ceramic, porcelain, hard-paste (cup material)
- Measurements
- overall cup: 1 7/8 in x 4 in x 3 1/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 10.16 cm x 7.9375 cm
- overall saucer: 1 3/16 in x 5 1/4 in; 3.01625 cm x 13.335 cm
- ID Number
- CE.P-1050ab
- catalog number
- P-1050ab
- accession number
- 225282
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Domestic Furnishings
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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