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1942	We acquired this object.
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Cup And Saucer (France)

This is a cup and saucer. It was manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is molded soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enameling and gilding. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Morris Hawkes. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Morris Hawkes.

Cup And Saucer (Austria)
enameled porcelain.
Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund.
1986-83-4-a,b

Tea Caddy (England)
silver.
Gift of Phelps Warren.
1982-39-4-a,b

Poster, Tea Drives Away the Droops
lithograph on paper, lined.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-84

Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

Print achieved through printmaking technique called “pastel manner” Rectangular image with the text “The Woman ta King Coffee” in stylized writing at the bottom of the frame. Main subject is an 18th-century woman with a cup and saucer pouring coffee between the two dishes, gazing at the motion. Swirls and white shading around the cup and saucer portray steam from the hot coffee. The utensils are in blue with gold/yellow decorated brims. Subject wears traditional 18th-century clothing, a neck ribbon, and curly hair in an updo. Right hand holds the cup, pinky raised. The image is in full color with a slight sepia overtone. It is framed within a frame - oblong inner frame in yellow and blue and rectangular outer frame with decorated, embossed corners.

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

Poster, WASP, Patter for the Floating Lady/The Zig-Zag Woman (a play written by Steve Martin) [Poster for The Public Theater, New York]

Poster, WASP, Patter for the Floating Lady/The Zig-Zag Woman (a play written...
screenprint on wove paper.
Gift of Pentagram.
1998-2-1

Cup and Saucer with Waterside Scenes Cup And Saucer

Cup and Saucer with Waterside Scenes Cup And Saucer
porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold.
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
1938-57-440-a,b

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (-20a): 6 x 7.5 cm (2 3/8 in. x 2 15/16 in.) H x diam. (-20c): 3.5 x 15 cm (1 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.) cup and saucer (dims together)1942-25-20-a,-c 7.5 x 13.5cm (2 15/16 in. x 5 5/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Cup And Saucer (France); Manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (France); molded soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enameling and gilding; H x W x D (-20a): 6 x 7.5 cm (2 3/8 in. x 2 15/16 in.) H x diam. (-20c): 3.5 x 15 cm (1 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.) cup and saucer (dims together)1942-25-20-a,-c 7.5 x 13.5cm (2 15/16 in. x 5 5/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Morris Hawkes; 1942-25-20-a,c

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Maira Kalman Selects.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2D9R4/
Accession Number 1942-25-20-a,c
Object ID 18565397