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Object NameCup and Saucer

Made FromTin Glass

Date1700-1799

Place MadeGermany

TechniqueFree-blown, enameled, gilded

Size(a) Cup H: 7.6 cm; Rim W: 7.3 cm, D: 7.6 cm; Base Diam (max): 3.6 cm; (b) Saucer H: 1.4 cm; Rim Diam (max): 13.3 cm; Base Diam (max): 5.1 cm

Accession Number50.3.59

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

A Cup of Kindness

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionCup and Saucer. Opaque white tin glass; free-blown, polychrome enameled, and gilded decoration. (a) Cup -- deep round-funnel bowl with rough pontil mark on bottom and applied table- or foot-ring base; at top, ribbon band having two henna hair-lines bordering blue zig-zag forming triangles in which are henna trefoils and blue leaves; below band, two alternating flower and leaf sprays in the same colors and a trio of grain sheaves with gilt bird perched on center sheaf. (b) Shallow circular saucer matching cup in decoration and with same type of base.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1950-11-22