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1936

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2015

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Cup and Saucer Cup And Saucer

This is a cup and saucer. It was manufactured by Wallendorf Porcelain. It is dated ca. 1800 and we acquired it in 1936. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel. 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.

  • Print, The Woman Taking Coffee
  • engraving, etching in blue, black and red ink over gold leaf, with additional....
  • Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
  • 2006-3-1

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (a: cup): 6.2 × 8.2 × 6.3 cm (2 7/16 × 3 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.) H x diam. (b: saucer): 2.9 × 13.5 cm (1 1/8 × 5 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside of cup: [1] "W", painted in underglaze blue (Wallendorf Porcelain Manufactory mark) Underside of saucer: [1] "W", painted in underglaze blue (Wallendorf Porcelain Manufactory mark) [2] "v", painted in green overglaze [3] line, incised underglaze [4] "301", printed in black ink on rectangular paper label

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Cup and Saucer Cup And Saucer; Manufactured by Wallendorf Porcelain; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel; H x W x D (a: cup): 6.2 × 8.2 × 6.3 cm (2 7/16 × 3 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.) H x diam. (b: saucer): 2.9 × 13.5 cm (1 1/8 × 5 5/16 in.); Gift of George B. and Georgiana L. McClellan; 1936-13-40-a,b

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