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Cup and Saucer with Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Cup and Saucer with Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory French, founded 1740 Painted by Etienne-Charles Le Guay (French, 1762-1846)
Date
c. 1780
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain, blue ground, and gilding
Dimensions
Cup: 7.6 × 10 cm (3 × 4 in.); Saucer: 3.5 × 14.8 cm (1 3/8 × 5 13/16 in.)
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Norman Chatain in memory of Professor Alfred Chatain