
Sophie von der Goltz
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Cups with spouts of this shape first appeared in the 1720s. Saucers with two handles however are first recorded in 1732/33, when examples of this shape were delivered to the Japanese Palace. Julia Weber notes that yellow-ground examples appeared in 1734 at the latest, as Augustus III gave to Wilhelm VIII von Hessen-Kassel '12 Schälgen mit Henkel und gelber Glasur' [12 small bowls with handles and yellow glaze] and '12 Copgen dazu mit Schnautzen' [12 teabowls to this with spouts]. See J. Weber, Meißener Porzellane mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbildern, vol. II (2013), p.421, no. 433 for another yellow-ground pouring cup and saucer with different Kakiemon decoration and a discussion of the shape.