Meissen porcelain cup and saucer

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Date Made: 1774-1800

Maker: Meissen Manufactory

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass, Industry & Manufacturing, Art, Domestic Furnishings

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: CE.P-51abCatalog Number: P-51abAccession Number: 225282

Object Name: cupsaucer

Physical Description: flowers (overall description of decoration)ceramic, porcelain, hard-paste (cup material)blue (cup color)monochrome, brown (component surface decoration color name)flowers (joint piece description of decoration)Measurements: overall cup: 1 7/8 in x 4 in x 3 3/16 in; 4.7625 cm x 10.16 cm x 8.09625 cmoverall saucer: 1 3/16 in x 5 5/16 in; 3.01625 cm x 13.49375 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-dfd9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_577384

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