Collections: Decorative Arts: Cup and Saucer from Four-Piece "Notebook" Setting

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Cup and Saucer from Four-Piece "Notebook" Setting

• Designer: Robert Venturi, American, born 1925
• Manufacturer: Swid Powell
• Medium: Porcelain
• Place Manufactured: New York, New York, USA
• Dates: ca. 1985
• Dimensions: Cup (a): 2 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (5.4 x 10.8 x 8.6 cm) Saucer (b): 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (1.9 x 14.6 x 14.6 cm)
• Markings: On underside of both cup (a) & saucer (b), printed in black: 'Swid Powell / © Robert Venturi [facsimile signature in script] / "Notebook" '
• Signature: no signature
• Inscriptions: no inscriptions
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor
• Accession Number: 85.158.13a-b
• Credit Line: Gift of Paul F. Walter
• Image: Overall, 85.158.11_85.158.12_85.158.13a-b_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Robert Venturi (American, born 1925). Cup and Saucer from Four-Piece "Notebook" Setting, ca. 1985. Porcelain, Cup (a): 2 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (5.4 x 10.8 x 8.6 cm) Saucer (b): 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (1.9 x 14.6 x 14.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 85.158.13a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.158.11_85.158.12_85.158.13a-b_bw.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: "Notebook" pattern, cup (a) and saucer (b) of white porcelain with vitreous glaze and transfer-printed decorations. Can-shaped, cylindrical cup (a) covered with black splotches in imitation of spatterware; simple arched handle. Saucer (b), circular plate with wide rim. Front of plate covered with black splotches in imitation of spatterware. Part of four-piece place setting (85.158.11-13a-b). CONDITION: Undamaged.