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View of St. Patrick's Cathedral from Inside Rockefeller Center: Study for a Set of Painted Doors
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Gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on gray paper
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Miniature cup and saucer
Object name
Miniature cup and saucer
Date
1800-1820
Medium
Pewter
Dimensions
Part (teacup): 1 1/4 x 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (3.2 x 6.7 x 5.4 cm)
Part (saucer): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Description
Molded pewter teacup and saucer with scroll handle, and alternating gadrooning and lambrequin decoration on side of cup and saucer.
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number
1926.21ab
Gallery Label
According to Donald Fennimore, this teacup and saucer weer intended for a child; it could have been patinated originally, which might explain the blue color.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
