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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
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

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.