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Covered Custard Cup
Made at: Mennecy Manufactory (France)
French
about 1770
Medium/Technique
Porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 8.8 x 7.9 x 6.1 cm (3 7/16 x 3 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2004a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionSmall white cream pot with cover both decorated with landscapes, figures and flowers, blue trim, fruit and leaf finial. Damage - finial, leaf section missing and fruit reglued. Incised DV.
Marks
incised D.V.
ProvenanceBy 1948, Mrs. H. Dupuy, New York; April 2-3, 1948, sold by Mrs. H. Dupuy at Parke Bernet, New York, lot 272, and bought by Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)