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Covered cup
Made at: Sèvres Manufactory (France)
French (Sèvres)
1783
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
10 x 8.9 x 7.5 cm (3 15/16 x 3 1/2 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.1868a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionSmall bucket shaped cup with cover, gilded apple and leaf finial. Double entwined handle. White ground on which are painted numerous individual corn flowers. Cover decorated in like manner.
Marks
Incised "14", unidentified mark 'III', decorator's mark 'BD"
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.