Collection Highlights
Fraktur: Birth and Baptism certificate of Joseph Flor
Date:
1811
Object Number:
PR.022.13
Medium:
Hand-colored print
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Cup and saucer
Object Number:
1948.273ab
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall (cup): 2 1/2 × 3 5/8 × 2 7/8 in. (6.4 × 9.2 × 7.3 cm)
Marks:
painted: by hand on cup on bottom in red brown: 2 small parallel lines, one solid and one broken
Description:
Hand painted cup and saucer with scrolled handle in Gaudy Welsh style, decorated with a blue underglaze and red-brown, copper luster, and purple luster overglaze; pattern composed of abstract fruits, leaves, and geometric shapes; large blue underglaze balluster shape in foreground.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
