1931.110.A-B: Cup and Saucer
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1931.110.A-B
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Cup and Saucer
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, France, Limoges
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/231627
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Enamel on metal
- Dimensions
- 8.57 x 9.84 cm (3 3/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
F. H. Kennard, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1931
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of F. H. Kennard. Esq.
- Accession Year
- 1931
- Object Number
- 1931.110.A-B
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Cup and saucer of enameled and painted metal. Two holes on side of cup (which do not go through to the other side) where a handle used to be attached? Cup: Gold colored metal exposed on interior and around lip. On exterior, a scene of sea gods and goddesses, sea centaurs, and putti, painted in white, gold, and pink on black enamel. Saucer: Gold colored metal exposed along the edge. Decorated with a radially symmetrical pattern of masks, putti and sea-monsters painted in gold, pink, and white on black enamel.
Publication History
- The Art of the Renaissance Craftsman: An Exhibition of Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Workmanship, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1937), p. 24, cat. no. 14
Exhibition History
- The Art of the Renaissance Craftsman, Fogg Art Museum, 05/06/1937 - 06/05/1937
Verification Level
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