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Coffee Service with Snakes1806

Not on view
Polished gold cup and saucer set; the cylindrical cup has a sculptural serpent handle covered in blue and teal enamel with a scale-like texture
Ceramic oval tray with a glossy gold-glazed interior, rimmed by a sculpted eel or serpent figure with blue-scaled texture, its two heads meeting at opposite ends of the rim.
Gilt porcelain footed cup with a highly polished gold surface; a naturalistically modeled dark blue and cream snake winds around the bowl's exterior, its body forming the two handles.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Coffee Service with Snakes
Place Made
Austria, Vienna
Date Made
1806
Medium
Porcelain, gilding
Dimensions
Dimensions vary
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Alfred Stiassni
Accession Number
55.32.3.1-.5
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design