Coffee mug
The cup is complete. It is cylindrical in shape, with a slightly narrowed wall and a straight rim with a plain top. It widens slightly towards the sock; the base is slightly concave with a domed contour. The bottom is slightly domed and free of glaze. The underside features turning rings. It is fitted with a vertical handle of round cross-section; the lower end features a small tail ; The decoration is hand-painted in polychrome enamels of pink, green, yellow and black. The painted decoration is floral, in the Famille rose style. The decoration is painted on the top, under the outer rim, on the outer wall and on the handle. Under the outer rim, it consists of a braid traced in red and trimmed with a latticework traced in red and trimmed with a latticework of four-petal flowers traced in red on a pink background. This latticework is interrupted by four oval areas in reserve, outlined in black and each adorned with a pink flower edged with green leaves. The decoration on the wall consists of three groups of flowers painted pink, with touches of yellow, surrounded by leaves painted green and outlined in black; the flowers on the sides are similar. The base is decorated with a double fillet in red, supporting a row of Ruyi heads with radiating lines. The face of the handle is adorned with a leafy stem traced in red. The wall, on either side of the handle ends, is adorned with a small leaf traced in red with veins. The top of the cup is covered with a brown iron-based coating.
- Accession Number 2018.10.1101
- Date 1760 c
- Materials ceramics, fine hard China porcelain
- Measurements 6 x 5,558 cm
- Accession Number 2018.10.1101
- Date 1760 c
- Materials ceramics, fine hard China porcelain
- Measurements 6 x 5,558 cm
© Collection Pointe-à-Callière, Paul-Gaston L'Anglais fonds,2018.010.1101
Photo by René Bouchard
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