Medium: Glazed earthenware with transfer printed decoration
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Dates:ca. 1880
Dimensions: saucer: height: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm) diameter: 4 3/4 in. (12.0 cm)
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Accession Number: 1993.209.92a-b
Image: CUR.1993.209.92a-b_view1.jpg,
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 11-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 10-piece tea set. CONDITION: Excellent.