Saucer, ca. 1725–40, French, Saint-Cloud, Soft-paste porcelain, Diameter: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, This beaker, with its saucer, was one of the types of cups used for drinking hot chocolate. Eighteenth-century paintings, prints, and inventories indicate that tall cups, both with and without handles, were often intended for chocolate, especially those accompanied by a trembleuse saucer, which took various forms
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Saucer, ca, 1725–40, French, Saint-Cloud, Soft-paste porcelain, Diameter, 4 7/8, 12.4 cm, Ceramics-Porcelain, beaker, saucer, types, cups, drinking hot, chocolate, Eighteenth-century paintings, prints, inventories indicate, tall cups, handles, intended, accompanied, trembleuse saucer, various forms
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