Teacup and Saucer

ca. 1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teacup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. The cup has no handle. Painted with harbour scenes in purple and framed by gilt scrolls enclosing panels of lustre and yellow-green, and iron-red feathery foliage. Gold lace borders inside rims and Indian flowers outside saucer and inside cup.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Teacup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1730
Physical description
Teacup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. The cup has no handle. Painted with harbour scenes in purple and framed by gilt scrolls enclosing panels of lustre and yellow-green, and iron-red feathery foliage. Gold lace borders inside rims and Indian flowers outside saucer and inside cup.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Large crossed swords (on cup with two dots) (Factory mark, in blue)
  • A line (Incised)
  • '24.' (In gold (traces only on cup))
  • An unidentified thrower's mark (Impressed)
Credit line
Alfred Williams Hearn Bequest
Object history
Part of a tea service (C.98 to 105-1931).
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.101&A-1931

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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