Cup and saucer

1780-88

This white porcelain cup and saucer of simple design, and ornamented with elegant painted gilt swags and a molded cameo medallion of a woman, defines the classicism that was the last influence on porcelain in the eighteenth century.

Hard paste porcelain

3 in. (7.6 cm), height of cup

5 in. (12.7 cm), diameter of saucer

Gift of Martha and Henry Isaacson

76.268

Provenance: Collection of Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson, unknown purchase date until 1976; gift from Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1976

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Early European Porcelain and Silver: Comparative Forms, July 15, 1980 - Aug. 31, 1980.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe, Feb. 17 - May 7, 2000.

Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 267

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