Cup and saucer with blue floral decoration. Gilding at rims.

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Cup And Saucer (France), ca. 1780

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.

It is credited Gift of Mrs. Morris Hawkes.

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enameled porcelain.
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silver.
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1982-39-4-a,b

Poster composed of half yellow and half blue ground (above and below, respectively). At top, center, a photograph of a person (possibly, the singer Gracie Fields) drinking tea with one hand and holding a saucer with the other hand, while winking one eye. To the left of the figure, text in blue and red: TEA. Below, text in blue and red superimposed on yellow rectangle: DRIVES AWAY. Under that, in white text: THE DROOPS / [drawing of a teapot rendered in outline with arms, legs, and a top hat] / SAYS MR. T. POTT [in yellow].

Poster, Tea Drives Away the Droops, 1936
lithograph on paper, lined.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-84

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Advertisement for "Tetley's Teas" Matchsafe, late 19th century
plated tin, enamel.
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1978-146-3

Cup hemispherical, with slight outcurving at edge; cylindrical foot; no handle. Saucer shallow, curved side, slight outcurving at edge. Outside of cup and saucer decorated with slightly mottled red-violet, in which on cup are two four-lobed reserve panels enclosing seaport scenes. Upper face of saucer decorated with seaport enclosed in framework of gilding and colored scrolls. Gilt "lace" borders.

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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), ca. 1780; 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.

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Accession Number 1942-25-20-a,c
Object ID 18565397