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"Liberty" Cup and Saucer

Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
Designer: Karl L. H. Mueller, American, born Germany, 1820-1887
Medium: Ceramic
Place Manufactured: Greenpoint (now Brooklyn), New York, USA
Dates: ca. 1876
Dimensions: (a) Cup: 3 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (9.8 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm) (b) Saucer: 1 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (3.2 x 17.1 x 17.1 cm)
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Making Art: Centennial Era, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 40.374a-b
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Luke Vincent Lockwood
Image: Overall, 40.374a-b_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Cup (a) is modeled with embossed figures of Mercury and Justice, surrounded by a corn plant of the North and a tobacco plant of the South, with a handle representing the Goddess of Liberty standing on an eagle with outspread wings. It is finished in a matte gold traced with color. Saucer (b) to match. Condition: Good

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