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Cup and saucer

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
ca. 1804–5
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cup and saucer
  • Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
  • Date: ca. 1804–5
  • Culture: French, Sèvres
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: Height with handle (cup .1): 3 in. (7.6 cm); Diameter (saucer .2): 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Purchase, The Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund, and Gift of Mrs. Herbert N. Straus, by exchange, 1989
  • Object Number: 1989.295.1, .2
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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