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Cup And Saucer (France)
This is a Cup and saucer. It was manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is molded soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enameling and gilding. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
donated by
Mrs. Morris Hawkes.
It is credited Gift of Mrs. Morris Hawkes.
- Cup And Saucer (Austria)
- enameled porcelain.
- Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund.
- 1986-83-4-a,b
- Tea Caddy (England)
- silver.
- Gift of Phelps Warren.
- 1982-39-4-a,b
![A lithograph on paper poster for Empire Tea Market Expansion Board in 1936. The poster is divided into two colored gounds, the top yellow and the bottom blue. In the top, in the center right, is a black and white photograph of a person with short wavy hair wearing a checked collared shirt or dress, possibly the singer Gracie Fields, drinking tea with the right hand and holding a saucer with the left hand, whilst winking the right eye. To the left of the figure, capitalised text in blue and red reads [TEA]. Below to our left, in the blue background section, capitalised text in blue and red superimposed on a diagonally placed yellow rectangle reads [DRIVES AWAY] . Directly under that, in white capitalised text: [THE DROOPS] is printed. In the bottom right is a white circle containing a drawing of a white teapot outlined in blue, with arms suggested by the spout and handle, legs underneath with blue shoes and holding a top hat in the hand formed by the spout arm. Underneath the teapot capitalised text in yellow reads [SAYS MR. T. POTT]. The poster designer, E. McKnigtht Kauffer, signed the work in white ink under the left arm of the figure [E McKnight Kauffer 36].](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/64300_6b921e30d4fe1b14_n.jpg "Poster, Tea Drives Away the Droops, 1936")
- Poster, Tea Drives Away the Droops, 1936
- lithograph on paper, lined.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-84
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- Poster, WASP, Patter for the Floating Lady/The Zig-Zag Woman (a play written...
- screenprint on wove paper.
- Gift of Pentagram.
- 1998-2-1
- Tea Bowl and Saucer Tea Bowl And Saucer
- hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold.
- Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
- 1938-57-440-a,b
- Object ID #18704475
- engraving, etching in blue, black and red ink over gold leaf, with additional....
- Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
- 2006-3-1
Its dimensions are
H x W x D (-20a): 6 x 7.5 cm (2 3/8 in. x 2 15/16 in.) H x diam. (-20c): 3.5 x 15 cm (1 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.) cup and saucer (dims together)1942-25-20-a,-c 7.5 x 13.5cm (2 15/16 in. x 5 5/16 in.)
Cite this object as
Cup And Saucer (France); Manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (France); molded soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enameling and gilding; H x W x D (-20a): 6 x 7.5 cm (2 3/8 in. x 2 15/16 in.) H x diam. (-20c): 3.5 x 15 cm (1 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.) cup and saucer (dims together)1942-25-20-a,-c 7.5 x 13.5cm (2 15/16 in. x 5 5/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Morris Hawkes; 1942-25-20-a,c
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Maira Kalman Selects.
