Design for a tea cup
19th century
Medium
Pen and ink and watercolor
Dimensions
sheet (irregular): 2 5/8 x 4 1/16 in. (6.7 x 10.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.600.244
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate "Design for a Tea Cup created by an anonymous French artist in the th century, offers a glimpse into the refined world of European decorative arts. Rendered on a small, irregular sheet measuring just 2 5/8 x 4 1/16 inches, the drawing captures the elegant form and ornate details of a teacup, likely intended for porcelain production at a renowned manufactory like Sèvres Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department as part of The Elisha Whittelsey Collection (acquired through the Elisha Whittelsey Fund in 1962), it exemplifies the meticulous planning be...
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 19th century · 1800–1900
**Anonymous, French, 19th Century (ca. 1800–1900)** The artist cataloged as Anonymous, French, 19th century embodies the enigmatic yet essential contributions of unidentified creators to France's vibrant 19th-century art world. Active roughly between 1800 and 1900, this figure—or potentially collective workshop—produced a diverse array of works amid the nation's transition from Neoclassicism thro...