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Cup and saucer

Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
about 1740
Object Place: Europe, Germany

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions Cup: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); Saucer: 13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Dudley Leavitt Pickman
Accession Number34.1350a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionWhite, painted with a coat-of-arms. Basket work edge with pink medallions.
Marks Crossed swords in blue.
ProvenanceBy 1911, Dudley Leavitt Pickman (b. 1850 - d. 1938), Boston [see note]; 1934, gift of Dudley Leavitt Pickman to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 6, 1934)

NOTE: First lent to the MFA on May 19, 1911.