A PARCEL GILT AND PAINT DECORATED TEA BOWL AND SAUCER

FRENCH, MANUFACTURE D'ANGOULEME, CIRCA 1784

Details

A PARCEL GILT AND PAINT DECORATED TEA BOWL AND SAUCER
FRENCH, MANUFACTURE D'ANGOULEME, CIRCA 1784
5¼in. diameter (2)

Provenance

Benjamin Franklin
Sarah Franklin Bache (1743-1808) daughter
By descent to Sara Bache Hodge Woolford
Betty Woolford Smith
By descent to the current owner

Literature

A Nearly identical cup and saucer is illustrated in Benjamin Franklin and His Circle (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1936) no. 316. It was loaned by Miss Louisa Alexander Hodge.

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