CUP WITH BUST OF CERES
Creator(s): Gardner Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Passageway to Dining Room
About this object
Cup is urn shaped with a handle ending in leaf sprays. On front is painted a bust of a female personification, probably Ceres. Rest of side is decorated with sprays of roses with green and gold leaves. Borders are gilt, as is also the handle and most of the interior. Saucer has matching sprays of roses with green and gold leaves and gilt borders.
- Object name:
- CUP WITH BUST OF CERES
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Verbilki, Russia
- Date made:
- 1810-1820
- Size:
- 8.7 × 7.6 cm (3 7/16 × 3 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.40.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK G underglaze blue cup and saucer; gold 3.-- (two scratched digits) on saucer
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973