About the Artwork
Quatrefoil Cup and Saucer
1735/1740
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
founded 1710
German
Unknown
Hard-paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
Overall (cup): 1 7/8 × 3 3/4 × 2 3/4 inches (4.8 × 9.5 × 7 cm) Overall (saucer): 1 1/4 × 4 7/8 × 4 1/4 inches (3.2 × 12.4 × 10.8 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Anonymous bequest
62.75.2
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Markings
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Meissen factory mark on bottom of cup, in underglaze blue: [crossed swords] Bottom of cup, in gold overglaze: [cursive S surmounted by quatrefoil rosette] Meissen factory mark on bottom of saucer, in underglaze blue: [crossed swords] Bottom of saucer, in gold overglaze: [cursive S surmounted by quatrefoil rosette]
Provenance
(Antique Porcelain Company, London & New York)
private collection, Detroit
1962-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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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.); 131, cat. 43.
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Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Quatrefoil Cup and Saucer, 1735/1740, hard-paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. Detroit Institute of Arts, Anonymous bequest, 62.75.2.
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