Object name: Cup and saucer / Collector: Alfreda Murck / Accession number: Acc.4796 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object name Cup and saucer Collector Alfreda Murck Accession number Acc.4796

Hearst Museum object titled Cup and saucer, accession number 9-23555a,b, described as Coffee cup and saucer with run-on words, spelling and punctuation errors, the advertising copy in gold script is printed on a diagonal around the cup and on the saucer: "High-Rich Fine porcelain is characterized by superb quality,…Each product is manufactured with great care.the cream-coloured egg-…porcelain guarantees uniformity in itsoutide It looksharmonious,elegant,…needs the power of artisitic conceptiom." A similar practice of arbitrary and inappropriate use of English occurred in Japan in the 1970s, especially on T-shirts and shopping bags. The practice is not unlike the occasional inclusion of Chinese characters in European Chinoiserie.