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Cup and saucer
Made by: Doccia Manufactory (Italy)
Italian
about 1800
Object Place: Europe, Italy
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, enamel decoration, gilding
Dimensions
5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss C. L. French
Accession Number84.5a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionCup is cylindrical with vertical sides, undecorated interior, square handle. Exterior is decorated with grisaille landscape of ruined archway and trees in a square panel. Saucer has a grisaille landscape with cattle, water, and boats in harbor within a square field; also rich gold scrollwork border.
Marks
On underside of saucer: underglaze iron-red star, for Doccia
InscriptionsPaper label on saucer inscribed: "Sevres. Lucien Bonaparte."
Paper label on cup is overwritten in pencil, "Doccia"
Paper label on cup is overwritten in pencil, "Doccia"
Provenance1884, gift of Caroline Louisa Williams French (b. 1833 - d. 1914), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 15, 1884)