Teacup and saucer

Title	Teacup and saucer
Artist	Höchst Manufactory
Date	ca. 1775 18th century
Medium	Hard-paste porcelain
Classification	Ceramics-Porcelain
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Gift of Mercedes Bass, 2007
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Ornithological plates Entomological plates

About this artwork

“Teacup and saucer” is a work by Höchst Manufactory, dated ca. 1775. It is executed in hard-paste porcelain and classified as ceramics-porcelain. In this archive it sits within the ornithological plates, entomological plates tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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The artist

This work is attributed to Höchst Manufactory. Browse every catalogued public-domain plate by this maker.

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The period

Dated to ca. 1775. Explore the wider set of works from the 18th century held in the archive.

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The collection

Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.

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