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ID: 700008541
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008541
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Saucer (saucer (plate); Made at Chelsea Manufactory (England, active 1745-1769); about 1750; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 1988.676a)
Note: Part of set, cup and saucer with fluted edge with brown. Cup has harbor scene, classic ruin on sides, small quay scene in center. Saucer quay scene with bridge and landscape. Insect and flowers.
Titles:
Saucer (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
saucer (plate) [300195535] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>, dishes (vessels for food), plates (general| dishes))

Classifications:
ceramics (preferred)
decorative arts

Creation Date: about 1750

Creator Display:
Made at Chelsea Manufactory (England, active 1745-1769) [preferred,VP]
artist Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (English manufactory, established ca 1743/1745) [500371694]
Locations:
Current: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States) [500305147] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 1988.676a
Credit Line: Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Other: Creation: England [7002445] United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: ceramic
ceramic (material) [300235507]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, <ceramic and ceramic by product>)

Dimensions: 5.08 cm (2 in.)
Cultures:
English (preferred)

General Subject:
utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
landscape (representation) [300015636]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)
flowers (plant components) [300132399]
.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, biological components, plant components) (AAT)

Provenance: By 1973, Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz [see note 1]; 1988, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz. (Accession date: November 30, 1988) NOTES: [1] From June 25, 1973, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.
Related Works:
conjuncted with .... Cup [700008540]
..........cup (drinking vessel); Made at Chelsea Manufactory (England, active 1745-1769); about 1750; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 1988.676b

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
Saucer........ [VP]
........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)
Subject: ....... [VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)
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