Teacup and saucer

Teacup and saucer

Barr, Flight and Barr

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The delicate painting in enamel is in the style of Thomas Baxter (1782–1821), and the skillful gilding may be the work of his father, "Baxter Senior." The arms of the Bruce family impaling those of the Spicer family, in gold on both cup and saucer, are those of a married couple.


European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.