Tastevin

The tastevin is complete. It is circular in shape. In cross-section, its wall is flared towards the rim, which is straight, and its top is domed. It is fitted with an eye handle, either circular with a hollow center, which is inclined and linked to the outer rim. It rests on an unglazed foot, and the base is recessed and flat. The body is orange and covered with white enamel; the decoration is hand-painted in polychrome cobalt blue, underglaze, and orange, violet, brown and green enamels overglaze. The decoration is vegetal and geometric. The decoration is found on the inner and outer walls, on the inner base and on the handle. The decoration on the inner and outer walls is identical and is found below the rim: it consists of a yellow band above a brown fillet bordering a row of blue semi-circles, with a green fan-shaped plant motif in the center. At the junction of the semi-circles hangs a trifoliate motif painted purple, and at their base, three pearls arranged in a triangle are painted yellow. The background features a solid circle painted yellow and surrounded by two fillets, violet and blue, followed by concave half-oval lines in green. The whole is surrounded by a brown ring bordered by two rows of yellow pearls. The base of the outer wall is adorned with a brown fillet followed by a band painted orange. The surface of the handle is painted with two plant motifs and superimposed dashes in blue.