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Two-handled cup
Vienna
1804
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gold
Dimensions
Height x width: 4 13/16 x 3 5/8 in., 6.4 cm (12.2 x 9.2 cm, 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2111a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionOne of a pair of small covered two-handled cups (see 65.2110a-b), each with two oval reserves with painted scenes, with women-children and cupids. Elaborately gilded on purple, black and red covers with bud finials.
Marks
Mark: underglaze blue shield, 804 incised on both, overglaze P/14.
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.