Title
A Chinese Export Style Tankard
Creator
Date
20th century
Description
A Chinese export style tankard (French, 20th century) by the Samson & Cie factory. The tankard is of circular shape with a strap handle and is painted with famille-rose enamels. The front depicts a Chinese family scene within a lightly molded scrollwork border. The sides are decorated with four iron-red landscape cartouches encircled by a lightly molded border and surrounded by underglaze-blue floral sprays. The opening rim is decorated with an underglaze-blue diaper border.
Cultural Origin
French
Medium
porcelain
Extent
6" x 7"x 4 3/4"
Collection
Source
Gift of Mrs. Gladys Brooks Thayer, 1966.
Identifier
PSNC.1689
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