Cup
- Object Name:
- Cup
- Object ID:
- 1971.030.05 a
- Creator:
- Meissen Porcelain Factory
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Meissen, Saxony, Germany
- Date:
- circa 1793
- Description:
- Cup. Hard-paste porcelain. Urn-shaped body; trailing vine band with two narrow gold bands on a white background around top exterior edge. Yellow band around bottom of exterior. Curved handle with gold accent decoration. Makers mark: crossed swords in blue on bottom.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-2.2 W-3.8 Dia-3.1 inches
- Provenance:
- "The yellow china was given to my great-grandmother Eleanor Ann Sewall (Mrs. William Page) as a wedding present in the year 1793 by Mr. Thomas Wood an English gentleman. It cost $75 was made in Dresden Saxony is of imperial yellow color, and has a narrow gilt vine running in a band around the edge. It was a full tea set, but many of the pieces also broken before it came into the possession of Sallie H. Potts great-granddaughter of Eleanor Ann Sewall first wife of Mr. William Page of Philadelphia."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dana P. Vaughan
- People:
- Wood, Thomas, Page, William (1770-1839), Page, Eleanor Ann (1769-1811), Potts, Sallie H. (1846-1918), Vaughan, Dana Prescott (1898-1983)
- Subjects:
- Weddings
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