Cup
- Object Name:
- Cup
- Object ID:
- 1935.008.12
- Place of Origin:
- China
- Date:
- 1785-1800
- Description:
- Cup, porcelain. Upright cup with scalloped rim. Single and paired vertical grooves molded in outer surface of sides. Molded handle with ropelike relief and spur at bottom. Painted, polychrome decoration; outlined at top of inner surface by an undulating gray vine with gold berries. Top of outer surface banded in blue with gilt fringe. Central motif, opposite handle, consisting of a gray bird on gray and gilt base holding a gilt sprig in mouth. Below bird is a rectangular, blue panel outlined in gold, containing a gold bud and leaf design. Traces of gilding on rim.
- Material:
- Ceramic
- Dimensions:
- H-2.5 Dia-2.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a set said to have belonged to John Stark.
Central motif apparently erroneously believed to represent the Stark coat of arms. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- People:
- Stark, John (1728-1822)
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