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

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French

Decorator Pierre Massy French

Gilder: Jean Chauvaux

1780

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 547

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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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