Cup and saucer

Moritz Michael Daffinger | Imperial Porcelain Manufactory | Charles de Mechel | Carle (Charles André) Vanloo

1806–7

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain

Dimensions

Height (Cup .6): 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); Diameter (Saucer .7): 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1950

Classification

Ceramics-Porcelain

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

Austrian, Vienna

Rights

Public Domain

About Moritz Michael Daffinger

1790–1849 • Habsburg monarchyAustrian Empire

Son of Johann Daffinger (died 1796), who was a painter at the Kaiserliche Porzellanmanufaktur in Vienna. Son of Johann Daffinger (died 1796), who was a painter at the Kaiserliche Porzellanmanufaktur in Vienna. Daffinger became one of the most sought after portraitists in Vienna and was friends with many influential people in the arts and sciences. Later in life he abandoned the genre and devoted himself to creating precise watercolor illustrations of the native flora of Austria. Comment on works: portrait; miniature; porcelain