| Accession # |
68.87.11a-b |
|
Manufacturer |
Union Porcelain Works
|
| Title |
Small Cup and Saucer |
| Date |
ca. 1880 |
| Medium |
Porcelain |
| Dimensions |
(a) Cup: 1 15/16 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (4.9 x 8.9 x 7 cm)
(b) Saucer: 3/4 x 4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in. (1.9 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm) |
| Marks |
On underside of both cup and saucer:
-- transfer-printed in yellow, "[within urn] UNION / PORCELAIN / WORKS / GREENPOINT / N.Y." and below urn "10 '85"
-- transfer-printed in green, "U.P.W." above head of an eagle
-- incised "11" on cup and "12" on saucer |
| Inscriptions |
no inscriptions |
| Signed |
no signature |
| Credit Line |
Gift of Franklin Chace |
| Location |
Visible Storage: Case 36, Shelf O (Ceramics)
|
| Description |
Porcelain cup (a) and saucer (b), part of green and white dinner service (68.87.1-13). White porcelain with vitreous glaze. Cylindrical cup that widens toward top; handle in general shape of "C" with pointed corners. Round saucer with wide rim. Applied decorations in gilding and green paint: around both the outer top edge of cup and rim of saucer: gilded band and border of ribbon and tassel design interspersed with roundels containing stylized fleur-de-lis; stylized leaves on handle.
CONDITION: Good. |
