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Covered cup and saucer

Made at: Nyon Manufactory (Swiss, active 1781–1813)
Swiss (Nyon)
about 1800
Object Place: Europe, Switzerland

Medium/Technique Porcelain
Dimensions 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. John H. Thorndike
Accession Number99.622a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionWhite ground, saucer decorated with flowers and gold border, cup decorated with two scenes with figures: one of a peasant and a woman, the other with a gentleman and lady picking grapes
Marks Marks: underglaze blue fish.
ProvenanceBy 1889, Mrs. John H. Thorndike; 1899, bequest of Mrs. John H. Thorndike to the MFA.