Cup and Saucer
Cup and Saucer
Cup and Saucer
Cup and Saucer
Cup and Saucer
Cup and Saucer
Cup and Saucer
Cup and Saucer
Cup and Saucer
Cup and Saucer
Cup and Saucer
Cup and Saucer

Currently not on view

Cup and Saucer,

1731–56

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, established 1710, Germany
y1019 a-b

Information

Title
Cup and Saucer
Dates

1731–56

Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
cup (a): 8.1 x 10.7 x 6.9 cm (3 3/16 x 4 3/16 x 2 11/16 in.) saucer (b): 3.3 x diam. 14.9 cm (1 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Trumbull-Prime Collection
Object Number
y1019 a-b
Place Made

Europe, Meissen, Saxony

Marks/Labels/Seals
On bottom of cup and saucer, in underglaze blue: mark [crossed swords] [see accession card for reproduction.]; On bottom, in red: 1019.;
Culture
German
Type
ceramics, cups, saucers, porcelain
Materials
porcelain
Subject
figures (representations), flowers (plants), allover patterns, running ornament, geometric patterns, zigzags, women

Mary Hollister Prime (née Trumbull) (1827-1872) and William Cowper Prime, Class of 1843 (1825-1905); 1890 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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