Description:
Soft-paste porcelain, circular coffee cup (see saucer, HD 2012.27.14) with molded reeding aournd the sides and an S-scroll handle. The cup is painted in underglaze cobalt blue in the style of Saint-Cloud porcelain (a French soft-paste porcelain manufactory located near Paris and popular in the early 18th century); molded in relief with reeding; painted border of pendant foliage and stylized bucrania (cow's heads) with narrow bands of radial hatching and trellis work. A related teacup and saucer is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, C.154-1932 and C.122-1932.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=HD+2012.27.13 |
