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1936

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2015

2025

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Ice Cream Cup (Tasse à Glace), from a Dessert Service Cup

This is a cup. It was manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated ca. 1824 and we acquired it in 1936. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by George B. McClellan and Georgiana L. McClellan. It is credited Gift of George B. and Georgiana L. McClellan.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 7.2 × 7.4 × 6 cm (2 13/16 × 2 15/16 × 2 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside: [1] interlaced LLs enclosing a fleur-de-lis, "Sèvres" and "24" beneath, painted or printed in blue overglaze (decoration mark) [2] "M5a", painted overglaze in gold [3] cursive "SD [...]", incised [4] cursive "LJ" or "LS", incised

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Ice Cream Cup (Tasse à Glace), from a Dessert Service Cup; Manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (France); hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x W x D: 7.2 × 7.4 × 6 cm (2 13/16 × 2 15/16 × 2 3/8 in.); Gift of George B. and Georgiana L. McClellan; 1936-13-14

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