Eight Designs for Decorated Cups
![Eight Designs for Decorated Cups by Samuel Alcock & Company|Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill]](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/eight-designs-for-decorated-cups-394858.webp)
Medium
Pen and ink, watercolor
Dimensions
sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 7/16 in. (42.5 x 29 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession Number
56.527(59)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the whimsical world of Victorian design with *Eight Designs for Decorated* (1845–55), a delightful sheet of preparatory sketches by Samuel Alcock & Company in collaboration with illustrator Alfred Henry Forrester, better known by his pseudonym Alfred Crowqu. Produced during the height of Britain's industrial pottery boom, these pen-and-ink drawings heightened with watercolor showcase eight ornate cup patterns, blending intricate floral motifs, gothic Revival elements, and playful figural scenes—perfect for the era's fashionable tableware. Alcock's firm was a leading Staffordshire po...
About the Artist
Samuel Alcock & Company|Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill] (British|British) · 1828 |1804 –1859 |1872
British, active ca. 1828–59|British, London 1804–1872 London