Tazza

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This cup’s shape can be traced to Italy, where goblets in glass or precious metal with similarly wide, shallow bowls were used to serve wine or sweetmeats. Evidence of the technical difficulty of fashioning Saint-Porchaire ware is present on the bowl, where the pattern does not always join seamlessly. The interior features the emblem of Henri II (ruled 1547–59) surrounded by the collar of the Ordre de Saint-Michel.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art