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Cup and saucer
Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
about 1726
Object Place: Europe, Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Cup: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.); Saucer 13.6 cm (5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number55.419a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionDeep cup with flaring rim & double footband. Sides with applied prunus branches. Saucer has single footband.
Marks
Incised Johanneum mark: "N=397 / W" on cup and saucer
InscriptionsCollector's label: Hurlbutt Collection stamp on a label inscribed in ink: "No. 2323. Very earliest Meissen, circa 1720. From the Japanese Palace collection at Dresden."
ProvenanceJapanese Palace, Dresden. 1926, Frank Hurlbutt (b.1866 - d.1941), Mold, Flintshire, Wales.1955, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 9, 1955)