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1953

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Saucer with "Strohblumen" Pattern Saucer

This is a saucer. It was manufactured by Tettau Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated ca. 1790 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan. It is credited Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan.

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 3.2 × 14 cm (1 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside: [1] "T.", painted in underglaze blue (Tettau Porcelain Manufactory mark) [2] line, incised underglaze

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Saucer with "Strohblumen" Pattern Saucer; Manufactured by Tettau Porcelain Manufactory; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel; H x diam.: 3.2 × 14 cm (1 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.); Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan; 1953-17-13

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