Cup and saucer (gobelet litron et soucoupe)

Sèvres Manufactory

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This type of simple cylindrical cup with a steep sided saucer was the most common form of cup produced at the Sèvres factory. They were sold individually as well as in sets, and unusually elaborately decorated examples, such as this one, were sometimes sold for display rather than for use.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art