Feeding cup
CultureFrench
ManufacturedRouen, France
Dateearly 1700s
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (grand feu faience)
DimensionsOverall: 5.1 × 20.3 × 8.6 cm (2 × 8 × 3 3/8 in.)
DescriptionDiderot and d’Alembert’s widely read Encyclopédie (1751-1772) provides a detailed description of faience production. One of the plates features a variety of common objects, among which appears a feeding cup similar in shape to the example displayed. The reader is informed of the object’s function as a cup used to feed liquids to the sick (“Un biberon pour la commodité des maladies, fait pour contenir les breuvages qu’on veut leur faire prendre.”).
Credit LineThe Pierre Karch and Mariel O'Neill-Karch Collection.
Object numberG14.4.20
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
French Earthenware - FaïenceStatus
On view
in the style of 17th century Nevers, possibly later production
Object number: G12.14.7.1-2
Artist / Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1770-1780
Object number: G91.5.1
Artist / Maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1750-1752
Object number: G04.18.16a-b
ca.1685-1685
Object number: G01.2.65
