Cup and saucer
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Height (cup .214): 2 in. (5.1 cm); Diameter (saucer .215): 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
German, Frankenthal
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Alfred Duane Pell, 1902
Accession Number
02.6.214, .215
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate cup and saucer, by the renowned Frankenthal Porcelain Manactory during the Karl Theodor period around 1770, exemplifies the pinnacle of 18th-century German porcelain artistry. Crafted from hard-paste porcelain—a advanced material fired at high temperatures to achieve the translucent, resonant quality rivaling Chinese imports—the set measures a dainty 2 inches tall for the cup and inches across the saucer. Gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1902, it resides in the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts collection, showcasing Frankenthal's mastery in the Rococo style. Fr...