Tea Cup and Saucer
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Caption
Union Porcelain Works (1863–ca. 1922). Tea Cup and Saucer, ca. 1894. Porcelain, (a) Tea Cup: 2 x 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (5.1 x 10.8 x 8.6 cm) (b) Saucer: 5/8 x 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (1.6 x 14.6 x 14.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Franklin Chace, 68.87.49a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Manufacturer
Title
Tea Cup and Saucer
Date
ca. 1894
Geography
Place manufactured: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Medium
Porcelain
Classification
Dimensions
(a) Tea Cup: 2 x 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (5.1 x 10.8 x 8.6 cm) (b) Saucer: 5/8 x 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (1.6 x 14.6 x 14.6 cm)
Signatures
no sgnature
Inscriptions
Painted in light green on inside of tea cup, near handle, in script: "HMMBA / Denver 1894"
Markings
On underside of both cup and saucer: transfer-printed in red, "[within urn] UNION / PORCELAIN / WORKS / GREENPOINT / N.Y."; transfer-printed in green, "U.P.W." above head of an eagle
Credit Line
Gift of Franklin Chace
Accession Number
68.87.49a-b
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