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Objekt 10

High cup with saucer

Description

Since chocolate was preferably enjoyed very hot, high cups were preferred as drinking vessels. These held the heat better than low cups.

Object description

Meissen, around 1740

Porcelain with onglaze painting

Gift of Prof. Dr. Hans Rudolf Christen-Züst, Winterthur

Inv. 1994.459.1.-2.

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