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Cup and Saucer from Four-Piece
Accession # 85.158.13a-b
Manufacturer Swid Powell
Designer Robert Venturi
Title Cup and Saucer from Four-Piece "Notebook" Setting
Date ca. 1985
Medium Porcelain
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)
Marks On underside of both cup (a) & saucer (b), printed in black: 'Swid Powell / © Robert Venturi [facsimile signature in script] / "Notebook" '
Inscriptions no inscriptions
Signed no signature
Credit Line Gift of Paul F. Walter
Location Visible Storage: Case 18, Shelf E (Contemporary Design)
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.