Cup and Saucer, ca. 1785

  • Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1756 - present

Soft-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration and gilding

  • Overall (cup): 3 1/8 × 3 7/8 × 2 7/8 inches (7.9 × 9.8 × 7.3 cm) Overall (saucer): 1 3/8 × 6 × 6 inches (3.5 × 15.2 × 15.2 cm)

Bequest of Bernard Savage Reilly

1999.87

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

You, Yao-Fen. “From Novelty to Necessity: The Europeanization of Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate.” In Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate: Consuming the World, ed. Yao-Fen You, Mimi Hellman, and Hope Saska. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 2016, p. 42; 47 (ill.); 133, cat. 42.

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Cup and Saucer, ca. 1785, soft-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration and gilding. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Bernard Savage Reilly, 1999.87.