Cup and Saucer
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Object Label
VESSELS FOR FASHIONABLE BEVERAGES IN BRITISH AMERICA
As in Spanish America, the consumption of fashionable beverages—tea, coffee, and chocolate—became a fundamental part of socializing in the increasingly prosperous British American colonies. The serving of these exotic beverages required new furniture types such as the tea table (on view nearby), as well as artifacts made of silver or fine pottery such as teapots, coffeepots, chocolate pots, creamers, sugar bowls, flatware, and cups and saucers.
VAJILLA PARA LAS BEBIDAS DE MODA EN LA AMÉRICA BRITÁNICA
Así como en Hispanoamérica, el consumo de las bebidas de moda—té, café y chocolate—se convirtió en una parte fundamental de la vida social de las cada vez más prósperas colonias británicoamericanas. Para servir estas bebidas exóticas se necesitaban nuevos tipos de muebles como la mesa de té (en exposición) y utensilios hechos de cerámica fina o plata como teteras, cafeteras, jarras de chocolate, jarras para crema, azucareros, cubiertos, tazas y platillos.
Caption
Cup and Saucer, 1760–1770. Porcelain, Cup: 1 11/16 x 3 in. (4.3 x 7.6 cm) Saucer: 1 1/16 x 4 7/8 in. (2.7 x 12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Reverend Alfred Duane Pell, 13.1076.26a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.13.1076.26a-b.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Title
Cup and Saucer
Date
1760–1770
Medium
Porcelain
Classification
Dimensions
Cup: 1 11/16 x 3 in. (4.3 x 7.6 cm) Saucer: 1 1/16 x 4 7/8 in. (2.7 x 12.4 cm)
Markings
Crossed swords of Meissen in underglaze blue on cup and saucer bottom.
Credit Line
Gift of Reverend Alfred Duane Pell
Accession Number
13.1076.26a-b
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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