Cup
- Object Name:
- Cup
- Object ID:
- 1980.047.24
- Place of Origin:
- China
- Date:
- 1795-1810
- Description:
- Cup, porcelain, blue & gold on white. Chinese export, hard-paste porcelain. Handleless cup of inverted bell shape with slightly flared rim (3.875 in diameter) and high base ring, raised 0.375 in; base 2 in diameter. Greyish-white body with handpainted decoration on the interior and exterior. Sunburst designs on two sides on the exterior with gold and red flowers in the centers and blue and gold border and rays. Exterior of rim decorated with small blue flowers connected with gold lines. Interior of rim decorated with a band of blue with gold above and below and gold stars on the band.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-2.175 Dia-3.875 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a large collection of 18th- & 19th-century ceramics, given by their collector, Alma (Mrs. Harold G.) Duckworth (1899-2003).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Alma Duckworth
- People:
- Duckworth, Alma (1899-2003)
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