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Cup and saucer
Imitation of: Tournai Manufactory
French
Second period
19th century
Object Place: Europe, Belgium
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
2.2 cm (7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2007a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionPair of cups and saucers. Yellow ground; cups with one cartouche decorated with exotic birds; saucers with center cartouche decorated with bouquet of flowers, gilding in like manner as tea pot. Mark: gold crossed swords with four crosses.
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.