Collection Highlights
Kast
1675-1690
1941.914
Walnut, walnut veneer, elm, oak, ebony
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Saucer
Object name
Saucer
Date
1775-1782
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/2 x 8 in. ( 3.8 x 20.3 cm )
Description
Circular saucer porcelain dish press molded into scalloped shaping decorated with central underglaze blue printed pine cones, pomegrantes, berries, and flowers; rim is decorated with five floral sprays; the scalloped circumference is bordered with a painted blue line; marked with a hatched crescent
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number
1957.303a
Marks
painted: on bottom: hatched crescent
Gallery Label
This shape of saucer wasn't introduced until the mid 1770's.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
