Teacup and Saucer; Pomegranate Pattern (from Complete Tea Service), ca. 1880. Glazed earthenware with transfer printed decoration, Saucer:. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1993.209.93a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1993.209.93a-b_view1.jpg)
Teacup and Saucer; Pomegranate Pattern (from Complete Tea Service), ca. 1880. Glazed earthenware with transfer printed decoration, Saucer:. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1993.209.93a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1993.209.93a-b_view2.jpg)
Teacup and Saucer; Pomegranate Pattern (from Complete Tea Service)
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Glazed earthenware with transfer printed decoration
DATES
ca. 1880
DIMENSIONS
Saucer:
height: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
diameter: 4 3/4 in. (12.0 cm)
(show scale)
MARKINGS
Cup and saucer marked on underside: “Rd No.24209” within a rectangle, with “POMEGRANITE” above and “FWG” below.
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
1993.209.93a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Paul F. Walter
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A rounded cup 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. Gilt lines along rim and handle. Part of a 10-piece tea set.
A round saucer decorated with transfer-printed polychrome designs of stylized branches and pomegranates on a white ground, surrounding an open picture book revealing a scene with opening to reveal a scene with a girl leaning on a fence, flanked by a Chinese brush and ink landscape on light blue ground and a rounded fan decorated with fish in the Chinese style. Opposite is an image of a small sailboat within a rhomboidal frame surrounded by stylized twigs. Gilt line along rim. Part of a 11-piece tea set.
CONDITION: Excellent.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Teacup and Saucer; Pomegranate Pattern (from Complete Tea Service), ca. 1880. Glazed earthenware with transfer printed decoration, Saucer:. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1993.209.93a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1993.209.93a-b_view1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.1993.209.93a-b_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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