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Cup and Saucer
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Cup and Saucer manufactured by Rosenthal Porcelain Company, Germany.
Cup: an hourglass shape, flared at the bottom and top, fluted and unpainted on the lower section, and smooth and painted gold on the exterior upper section. Handle with a sun motif is attached to the upper section, also painted gold.
Saucer: white porcelain with raised area in the center, gold painted rim, and zig-zag edge.
Busch-Reisinger Museum
Weld S. Henshaw Boston? gift from artist 1975 gift to BRM 1999. owner/donor is Otto Piene's lawyer and friend
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum Gift of Weld S. Henshaw in honor of Otto Piene
Title: Cup and Saucer
Description:
Cup and Saucer manufactured by Rosenthal Porcelain Company, Germany.
Cup: an hourglass shape, flared at the bottom and top, fluted and unpainted on the lower section, and smooth and painted gold on the exterior upper section.
Handle with a sun motif is attached to the upper section, also painted gold.
Saucer: white porcelain with raised area in the center, gold painted rim, and zig-zag edge.