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Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Hard-paste porcelain cup and saucer, decorated with enamel colours and gilt, depicting sprays of flowers and foliage.
Mark: on the cup and saucer are crossed swords in underglaze blue. The cup has an incised '36'. The saucer also has a dot in underglaze blue and an incised 'II'
C. B. Marlay Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century
Circa
1763
-
1774
Mark
composed of
underglaze
( blue)
Saucer
Diameter 6.7 cm
Height 3.8 cm
Cup
Height 2.2 cm
Width 10.2 cm
Inscription present: crossed swords
Accession number: MAR.C.47 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 77371
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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