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Cup (pot de crème) with bouquets and flower sprays
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Cup (pot de crème) with bouquets and flower sprays

Doornik · c. 1800 · turning; vitrification; paint; fired; glaze; cobalt (mineral); porcelain

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Cup (creampot) of soft-paste porcelain (pâte tendre) with a spherical wall and C-shaped handle, painted in underglaze blue. On the outer wall twice a bouquet of various flowers and a strewing flower. On the rim a decorative band (godron frieze). Blue line on the foot. The handle with leaf motifs and dots. The lid with the same decoration and the lid knob in the form of a fruit branch. Marked on the underside with the crossed swords with four crosses.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineCup (pot de crème) wtih bouquets and flower sprays. c. 1800. Doornik. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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