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Porcelaine de Paris
Ball Handled Teacup and Saucercirca 1940

Not on view
Ceramic bowl and plate with matte powder-blue exterior and dusty rose-pink interior glaze, accompanied by a small matching sphere resting on the plate
Ceramic still life with three objects against a white background: a large round plate with matte blush-pink glaze stands upright, a small bowl with pale blue exterior and pink interior sits in the foreground, and a small sphere with pink glaze rests between them.
Photograph of two ceramic pieces with matte glaze against a dark background: a pale pink plate standing upright and a small bowl with pale blue exterior and pink interior, with an egg resting beside the bowl.
Designer
Porcelaine de Paris
France
Designer
Dorothy Thorpe
United States, active United States, California, Glendale and Sun Valley, 1901-1989
Title
Ball Handled Teacup and Saucer
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1940
Medium
Porcelain, glazed
Dimensions
Cup height: 2 in. (5.08 cm), Diameter: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Saucer diameter: 6 1/2 in. (16.51 cm)
Credit Line
The Ellen Palevsky Cup Collection, Gift of Max Palevsky
Accession Number
AC1998.265.134.1-.2
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design