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Child's porcelain cup with broken off handle. Exterior gilt band around rim; interior border of blue pinpoint quatrefoils on thin double gilt band; exterio: "IL" monogram within blue enamel and gold oval with gold stars on enamel ground.
coffee cups
enameling
gilding
hand-painted
porcelain
Chinese export
Cup
Cup, Coffee
Cup, Coffee
"IL" [for Isiah Lewis]. (Painted)
Unknown
China
2 1/2 (H), 2 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Theodora Willard
1937.376
Title Demitasse Cup Accession Number 1937.375.1
Title Tea Bowl Accession Number 1937.377.1
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