Teacup and saucer

Höchst Manufactory

ca. 1775 · Hard-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This partial tea and coffee service is distinguished by its relative completeness and its two components (the coffee pot and the hot milk jug) signed by the painters who decorated them—Joseph Angele and Johann Heinrich Usinger, respectively—a rarity on 18th-century porcelain.

Artist

Höchst Manufactory

Date

ca. 1775

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain

Culture

German, Höchst

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Mercedes Bass, 2007