Teacup, 25LC86, #412

Teacup, 25LC86, #412

Teacup

This red-white gradient K&G Lunéville teacup, demonstrates the faience style. This is when pottery or high quality earthenware has been glazed and is often decorated with highly colored designs. This cup specifically, with its shades of red underneath, has a delicate gold vine design and white enamel flowers around the rim. Faience artisans found their muses in their surroundings: flowers, insects, animals, and figures. As time passed, Chinese-inspired decorations were also adapted into the style. According to a chronology of K & G Lunéville marker's marks, the mark found on the bottom of the teacup dates production of the artifact to be between 1890-1920. This manufacturer, Keller & Guérin Lunéville, is located in Lorraine, France. During the 1700s and 1800s, Lorraine was at the heart of a network of several faience manufacturers.

Keller & Guérin Lunéville, Lorraine, France

1997 UNL Anthropology Field School

http://www.infofaience.com/en/luneville-marks, http://www.infofaience.com/en/faience-general

2018 UNL Anthropology

Late 1800s

Elliott, Catherine

UNL Anthropology

3D model: French cup