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Cup and saucer

(Italian (Venice), active 1764–1812)
about 1770
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
DimensionsOverall (cup): 6.9 x 8.5 x 6.8 cm (2 11/16 x 3 3/8 x 2 11/16 in.)
Other (saucer): 2.8 x 12.2 cm (1 1/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2138a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1944, with Jas. A. Lewis & Son, New York; August 10, 1944, sold by Jas. A. Lewis & Son Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)
Group shot: 65.2137-8
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