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Saucer from a Tea or Coffee Service
German
1795–1805
Object Place: Europe, Berlin, Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 3.4 x 13 cm (1 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2134
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionClassical figure of Saturn with mallet and bust of child. Mark: underglaze blue sceptre.
Marks
sceptor in underglze blue
ProvenanceBy 1946, with Philip Suval, New York, NY; November 30, 1946, sold by Philip Suval to Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)