Cup and saucer
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Height (cup .111a): 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Diameter (saucer .111b): 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
British, Chelsea-Derby
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of John L. Cadwalader, 1914
Accession Number
14.58.111a, b
Tags
About the Artist
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory|Derby Porcelain Manufactory · 1744–1784
**Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory** The Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, Britain's pioneering porcelain enterprise, was founded around 1743 in Chelsea, London, by two Huguenot silversmiths: Nicholas Sprimont from Liège and Charles Gouyn. Sprimont, trained in Paris as a goldsmith before immigrating to England, brought his expertise in luxury metalwork to the venture, while Gouyn handled early sales th...