Cup

Meissen, Germany, 1777

Glazed and painted porcelain.

H: 6 cm

Markings: swords in blue

UMP 7454

Neoclassical cylindrical cup with an angular handle, blue patterned band and gold petal diaper. A gold ribbon-and-stick border divides the ornament from the paintings of fruit, birds, vegetables, and flowers. This pattern was created in 1777 and it remained popular up until the twentieth century.