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Creamboat
English
about 1750
Object Place: Europe, England, Staffordshire
Medium/Technique
Salt-glazed stoneware
Dimensions
6.8 x 15 x 7 cm (2 11/16 x 5 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Richard C. Paine
Accession Number1977.647
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionSalt-glazed stoneware decorated with polychrome enamels. Molded pear-shaped body with loop handle decorated with cartouches on both sides. One cartouche contains a painted image of a flying cupid with a bow and arrow and two hearts with wings amidst clouds, the other, a flying cupid pointing a bow and arrow at a woman seated in a landscape. Exterior of spout and area below handle decorated with shells. Manganese band around rim, green and yellow bands around foot.