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1953

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2015

2024

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Cup with "Strohblumen" Pattern Cup

This is a cup. It was manufactured by Limbach. It is dated after 1788 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is porcelain, vitreous enamel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan. It is credited Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan.

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Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 4.7 × 7.7 cm (1 7/8 × 3 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside: [1] shamrock, clover, or trefoil-shaped mark, painted in underglaze blue (Limbach Porcelain Manufactory mark) [2] "4", incised underglaze (beneath flower)

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Cup with "Strohblumen" Pattern Cup; Manufactured by Limbach (Germany); porcelain, vitreous enamel; H x diam.: 4.7 × 7.7 cm (1 7/8 × 3 1/16 in.); Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan; 1953-17-17

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