Cup and saucer with the alliance arms of Edward Howard of Norfolk and Mary Blount

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1733

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, c. 1733 hard-paste porcelain

  • Artwork typecup, eating & drinking utensils
  • Object numberBK-15292-A
  • Dimensionsheight 4 cm x diameter 8 cm
  • Physical characteristicsporselein

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Cup and saucer with the alliance arms of Edward Howard of Norfolk and Mary Blount

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-15292-A

  • Description

    Kop van beschilderd porselein. De kop is beschilderd met Höroldt-chinoiserieën aan weerszijden van het alliantiewapen van Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk (1686-1777) en Mary Blount. De kop is gemerkt.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • mark: ‘F’
    • factory mark
    • mold mark

Creation

  • Creation

    • porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen
    • porseleinmodelleur: Johann Martin Kittel, Meissen
  • Dating

    c. 1733

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    porselein

  • Dimensions

    height 4 cm x diameter 8 cm


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of S. Rosenberg, Amsterdam

  • Acquisition

    gift 1939

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    Commissioned by Edward Howard (1686-1777), 9th Duke of Norfolk, London, c. 1733 - 1777; by descent to Bernard Fitzalan-Howard (1908-75), 16th Duke of Norfolk, London;{Provenance reconstructed by Saint Louis Art Museum.} his sale, London (Christie’s), 7 February 1938 sqq., no. 61, the entire tea and coffee service, to the dealer Saemy Rosenberg, Amsterdam with the dealer Armand Wittekind, London;{Den Blaauwen 2000, no. 105, at the auction the tea and coffee service consisted of a coffee pot, a teapot, a tea pot stand, a teapot, a rinsing bowl, seven teacups, eight cups with two handles and sixteen saucers.} donated by the dealer Saemy Rosenberg, Amsterdam, to the museum, 1939

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.


Documentation

    • James B. Fischer Jr. 'A Meissen Part Tea and Coffee Service', Museum Monographs : Papers on objects in the collections of the St. Louis Art Museum 3 (1974), p. 27.
    • Jaarverslag van het Rijksmuseum (1939), p. 9.

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