Manufacturer Fürstenberg Porcelain Factory, German, founded 1747
Title
  • Teacup
  • Coffee and Tea Set
  • Teacup cup and saucer (alternate title)
Date ca. 1760
Medium hard-paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
Dimensions Overall (teacup saucer): 1 3/8 × 3 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (3.5 × 8.9 × 7.3 cm)
Overall (saucer): 7/8 × 4 7/8 inches (2.2 × 12.4 cm)
Credit Line Anonymous bequest
Accession Number 62.86.8
Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts
On View Decorative Arts S350, Level 3 (see map)
(Daniel H. Farr, New York);
private collection, Detroit;
1962-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
You, Yao-Fen. “The Detroit Fürstenberg Service and the Politics of Coffee and Tea in Eighteenth-Century Germany.” 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, pp. 85-99,129, no. 44.