Cream boat and saucer

ca. 1740-45

By the time this pitcher and stand were made, the Asian-inspired styles of the factory were giving way to European influences. The overlapping acanthus-leaf molding of the cup and the strawberry-leaf molding of the stand, purely European adaptations, remain in the manner of blanc de chine.

Soft paste porcelain

2 in. (5.1 cm), pitcher height

3 5/8 in. (9.21 cm), pitcher width

1 1/8 in. (2.79 cm), stand height

5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm), stand length

5 in. (12.7 cm), stand diameter

Dorothy Condon Falknor Collection of European Ceramics

87.142.13

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Blanc de Chine", February 4- June 20, 1988, (02/04/1988 - 06/20/1988)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)

Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 158

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