Ice cream cup (Tasse à glace) (part of a service)

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
Decorator Pierre Massy French
1780
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 547

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Object Information
  • Title: Ice cream cup (Tasse à glace) (part of a service)
  • Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
  • Decorator: Pierre Massy (French, active 1779–1802)
  • Maker: Gilder: Jean Chauvaux (active 1764–1800)
  • Date: 1780
  • Culture: French, Sèvres
  • Medium: Soft-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm.); L. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Emma T. Gary, 1934
  • Object Number: 37.20.192
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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