Pair of goats
Medium
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
each: 3 1/4 × 3 15/16 in. (8.3 × 10 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Pottery
Culture
Dutch, Delft
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, 1969
Accession Number
69.215.1, .2
Tags
Art Historical Context
This charming *Pair ofats*, crafted by Anthoni P at the De Twee ScheepjesThe Two Little Ships) in Delft, Netherlands, dates to between 1759 and 1782. These petite tin-glazed earthenwareines, each measuring just 3¼ × 3⅞ inches (8.3 × 10 cm), exemplify the whimsical decorative arts of 18th-century Dutch ceramics. Produced during Delft's golden age of pottery-making, they were likely intended as delightful table or mantel ornaments, bringing a touch of pastoral charm to bourgeois homes. Delftware, as this medium is known, involved coating earthenware with a tin-oxide glaze that created a smooth,...