Tea Service: Creamer
1887
Artists
Description
Bulbous shape with applied, arched handle. Celadon (grey-green) colored body with round liver-colored reserve panels. Scenes of two rival cocks with a seated hen (partridge?) in the distance, possibly from Ivan Krylov's or Aesop's fable "The Cocks and the Partridge", and on the other side "The Fox and the Crow" in white pâte sur pâte. Border of wheat sheafs and morning glory flowers under spout. Gilded rim.
Dimensions
8.89 x 10.64 x 8.26 cm (3 1/2 x 4 3/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
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