DEMITASSE CUP
Creator(s): Heinrich and Company (Manufacturer)
On view in: Pantry
About this object
The cup, on a small pedestal foot, increases in size up to the top edge, the exterior is plain white, the interior is plain white at the bottom, then towards the lip there is a band of gold, tooled with stylized leaf scrolls, within two narrow bands of bright blue, the handle is branch-like and gilded on the outside, the saucer has a similar decoration on the rim.
- Object name:
- DEMITASSE CUP
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Selb, Germany
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 4.1 x 7.5 cm (1 5/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.252.11
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK underneath: underglaze green, crown, H & G, SELB BAVARIA,GERMANY Heinrich in script; painted over a gold mark: M G, Karlsbader, Atzgravur in a rectangle, over D 1G2 in a square
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973