Thirteen Designs for Decorated Cups
![Thirteen Designs for Decorated Cups by Samuel Alcock & Company|Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill]](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/thirteen-designs-for-decorated-cups-394813.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(13)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the Victorian world of refined tableware with *Thirteen Designs for Decor Cups* (1845–55), a sheet of pen-and-ink drawings heightened with watercolor by Samuel Al & Company, in collaboration with illustrator Alfred Henry Forrester (known as Alfred Crowquill Measuring 16 3/4 x 11 7/16 inches, this work from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints showcases intricate floral motifs—likely intended for transfer-printing onto ceramic cups produced by Alcock's Staffordshire pottery firm. Samuel Alcock & Company was a leading mid-19th-century British manufacturer of affordable...
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