Description:
Chinese export porcelain cup-shaped sander or pounce pot (probably) decorated in the Famille rose palette of pink, purple, green and gidling with small floral sprays and a dotted swag border around the rim of the fluted sides, and an trelliswork gilt border rim around the multi-holed top. This form is unusual in its shape and lack of opening in the unglazed, narrow base. In the late 18th century, the invention of calendered writing paper (which did not absorb ink) diminished the need for sand or pounce to fix the ink on the page; continued advances in paper technology led to the gradual disappearance of the pounce pot beginning around 1790. The introduction of highly glazed papers made sanders and pounce pots obsolete, and very few examples are encountered after about 1820.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome; Porcelain Link to share this object record:
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