Tazza with cover

Unknown

ca. 1550–55, with later restorations · Lead-glazed earthenware inlaid with slip, with molded ornament, with 20th century unpainted foot · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

As their different color schemes suggest, the cup and cover did not originally form a set. The foot and the stem’s lower section, beneath the ring of white zigzags in relief, are modern replacements. Near the lip of the cup is a band with a flowering vase-and-bird motif. The shield of the powerful Montmorency-Laval family appears on the interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1550–55, with later restorations

Medium

Lead-glazed earthenware inlaid with slip, with molded ornament, with 20th century unpainted foot

Culture

French, Saint-Porchaire or Paris

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917