Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Circular form with blue and white grotesque decoration in the style of Jean Berain. Central figure is a seated youth dressed in classical garb, holding a scepter. Flanked by singeries and griffins. Below, two squirrels.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Manufacturer
- Clérissy Factory, established ca. 1686
- Style of
- Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711
- Date
- ca. 1720
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
- Medium
- Tin-glazed earthenware
- Dimensions
- H x diam.: 6 x 30.5 cm (2 3/8 x 12 in.)
- Type
- ceramics
- Decorative Arts
- Tazza
