Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1766-1853)
ca. 1825
1920.4
Watercolor on ivory
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Luce Center
Cup and saucer
Object name
Cup and saucer
Date
1770-1772
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
cup: 2 x 4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 5.1 x 10.2 x 8.3 cm )
saucer: 1 x 5 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 13.3 cm )
Description
Fluted porcelain cup and saucer; turquoise underglaze or blue celeste with gilded bands around teacup base and rims; handle composed of entwined twigs terminating in leaves with gilt handles.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1951.364ab
Marks
painted: base of cup and saucer in underglaze blue: mark and square divided into series of triangles
Gallery Label
Mrs. Blair purchased this cup and saucer set from Ginsberg and Long in 1930; for mark identification see Geoffrey Gooden's, Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks, # 4315 and Gerald Coke, In Search of James Giles.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
