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Cup and Saucer from a Tea or Coffee Service
German
1795–1805
Object Place: Europe, Berlin, Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
Other (Cup): 6.5 x 6.1 x 8.2cm (2 9/16 x 2 3/8 x 3 1/4in.)
Other (saucer): 3.4 x 13 cm (1 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Other (saucer): 3.4 x 13 cm (1 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2126a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionWhite ground, narrow gilded designed borders, with classical figure: Hyppocrates on saucer. Athena on cup. Set of 8 c/s, 2 saucers, 1 octangular dish.
Marks
Cup: sceptor in underglaze blue; incised //// on foot rim. Saucer: painted and incised marks as cup; impressed 3.
ProvenanceBy 1946, with Philip Suval, New York, NY; November 30, 1946, sold by Philip Suval to Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)