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Source Description
Both the cup and saucer are pierced in overlapping, semilunar patterns, which have been filled with red and blue translucent enamel. The monogram ETW appears on the saucer.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
82505
label
Cup and Saucer
core
obj
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object
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Source metadata
id
82505
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Cup and Saucer
description
Both the cup and saucer are pierced in overlapping, semilunar patterns, which have been filled with red and blue translucent enamel. The monogram ETW appears on the saucer.
provenance
Leo Kaplan, New York; Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., May 25, 1977, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
date
1893
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
cups (drinking vessels)
saucers
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diam of cup: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); Diam of saucer: 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Mark] On base of cup: MADE FOR TIFFANY & CO; [Mark] Assay mark on base of cup in Cyrillic: LO (Lek Fedorovich Oleks
act: 1890-96)
88; [Mark] Town mark on base of cup: St George facing left; [Mark] On base of saucer: MADE FOR TIFFANY & CO; [Maker's mark] On base of saucer in Latin: AK; [Mark] Assay mark on base of saucer in Cyrillic: LO over 1893
88; [Mark] Town mark on base of saucer: St George facing left
Moscow; [Inventory number] Scratches on base of saucer: 8171; [Monogram] On saucer: ETW
med
silver gilding, plique-à-jour enamel
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2979
3561
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EAN
exhibition_ids
2761
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