Creamer; Pomegranate Pattern (from Complete Tea Service)
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Glazed earthenware with transfer printed decoration
DATES
ca. 1880
DIMENSIONS
3 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (8.9 x 8.2 x 5.6 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Marked on underside: “Rd No.24209” within a rectangle, with “POMEGRANITE” above and “FWG” below.
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
1993.209.90
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Paul F. Walter
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A rounded creamer, decorated with transfer-printed polychrome designs of stylized branches and pomegranates on a white ground. At center is an open picture book revealing a scene with two girls sitting on a green pasture, flanked by a Chinese brush and ink landscape on light blue ground and a rounded fan decorated with fish in the Chinese style. Spout decorated with a stylized twig. Gilt lines along handle and rim. Part of a 11-piece tea set.
CONDITION: Excellent.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Creamer; Pomegranate Pattern (from Complete Tea Service), ca. 1880. Glazed earthenware with transfer printed decoration, 3 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (8.9 x 8.2 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1993.209.90. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1993.209.90.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.1993.209.90.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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