New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Saucer

Manufacturer Sewell and Donkin

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1790

MediumPorcelain

DimensionsOverall: 1 x 4 1/2 in. (2.5 x 11.4 cm)

InscribedImpressed on bottom: "Sewell".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number78.557B

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DescriptionCanary yellow glaze with transfer decorations of cupids forging their arrows. Red-brown color.

Published ReferencesMankowitz and Haggar, THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENGLISH POTTERY AND PORCELAIN, (Hawthorn Books, Inc.: NY, 1957), p. 100 for info. about makers.