Cup
Artist
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
(French, founded 1756)
Dateabout 1789
Mediumsoft paste porcelain
Dimensions5.9 x 5.6 cm (2 5/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsCeramics
MarkingsCrossed L, enclosing date letters MM (1790) above letter G.
Credit LineTheodore T. and Mary G. Ellis Collection
Object number1940.250.1
DescriptionCoffee cup in demi-tasse size. Top and bottom covered with bleu nouveau band containing gilded stylized motif. The rest of white ground divided into 2 unequal sections, the smaller top one containing 5 clusters of different flowers, each cluster being of the same type.ProvenancePaul Kron Collection, 1926, No.30 Theodore T. and Mary G. Ellis, Worcester, MA Ellis Collection, 1940
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