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Cup and Saucer
Austrian (Vienna)
About 1770
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions
Cup (overall): 8 × 6 × 6.2 cm (3 1/8 × 2 3/8 × 2 7/16 in.)
Saucer (height x diameter): 1.9 × 13.3 cm (3/4 × 5 1/4 in.)
Saucer (height x diameter): 1.9 × 13.3 cm (3/4 × 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2109a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionOval reserve on cup decorated with scene of Apollo and Daphne, on saucer, scene of Diana and Endymion. Borders elaborately decorated with gilt scroll work in low relief over purple reserves.
Marks
Cup: marked in underglaze blue with beehive, incised 25/ 807, 34/ in red
Saucer: marked in underglaze blue with beehive, incised 39/ 801, 34/ in red.
Saucer: marked in underglaze blue with beehive, incised 39/ 801, 34/ in red.
InscriptionsSmall gummed label '1' on underside of saucer
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.