{"id":622,"date":"2010-03-18T10:58:15","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T15:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=622"},"modified":"2016-04-24T12:02:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T16:02:34","slug":"meissen-porcelain-teacup-c-1780","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=622","title":{"rendered":"Meissen porcelain teacup, c.1760"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This German porcelain teacup with scalloped rim is delicately painted with a Watteau\u00a0style figures in a landscape and floral sprigs in tones of copper green, pink and black. It dates from the middle 1700s and bears a cobalt blue crossed swords mark on the underside. It measures 2-3\/4&#8243; tall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1830_21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4655\" title=\"IMG_1830_2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1830_21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1830_21.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1830_21-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1831.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4656\" title=\"IMG_1831\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1831.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1831.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1831-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A tiny leaf is painted on the inside of the cup, masking one of the few pinpoint sized bubbles in the glaze.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5239\" title=\"IMG_7025\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7025.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7025-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31301.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4659\" title=\"IMG_3130\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31301.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31301.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31301-300x270.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7093.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5237\" title=\"IMG_7093\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7093.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7093.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7093-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7094.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5238\" title=\"IMG_7094\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7094.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7094.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7094-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The underside reveals a cobalt blue crossed swords mark.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5236\" title=\"IMG_7021\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7021.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7021-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A well made forged bronze replacement handle from mid-1800s takes the place of the more fragile porcelain original, which must have snapped off early in the cup&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_18321.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4657\" title=\"IMG_1832\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_18321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_18321.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_18321-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hand hammered bronze pins are seen from the inside of the cup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_18331.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4658\" title=\"IMG_1833\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_18331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_18331.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_18331-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is what the original &#8220;split twig&#8221; handle might have looked like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-626\" title=\"picture8\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture8-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture8-300x232.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture8.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberattic.com\">Cyberattic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This German porcelain teacup with scalloped rim is delicately painted with a Watteau\u00a0style figures in a landscape and floral sprigs in tones of copper green, pink and black. 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