Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Coffee cup and saucer

Made at: Longton Hall Manufactory (England)
English
about 1755
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions 6.98 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number1988.876a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionCylindrical cup, scroll handle. Underglaze blue with desert scene. ("Folly" pattern of Watney's Pl. 64B) Saucer marked 6 or 9 in underglaze blue.
ProvenanceBy 1972, Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz [see note 1]; 1988, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz. (Accession date: November 30, 1988)

NOTES:
[1] From December 27, 1972, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.