Saucer for Demitasse Cup from the Sultana, Yacht of John Rozet Drexel

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Title

Saucer for Demitasse Cup from the Sultana, Yacht of John Rozet Drexel

Creator

Cauldon Works Factory

Date

20th century

Description

This demitasse saucer from John Rozet Drexel’s yacht, Sultana, is white ceramic with decorative gilding and enameled blue, red, gray and black decoration. The saucer’s rim is a gilded band overlaid with a repeating black Greek key and a row of gilt pendant dots. Inside the decorative bands on the rim is a motif of two crossed flags with gilt flag poles tied with a gilded ribbon. The flags are the New York Yacht Club’s burgee (blue with a red cross and white star at the intersection) and John Rozet Drexel's private signal flag (quartered with two quarters containing blue horizontal stripes on white and two quarters containing red crosses on white). Below the flags are the initials “J.R.D.” in gilding, for John Rozet Drexel. The blue background tones on the flags are unevenly faded.

Format

Demitasse saucer

Medium

Ceramics

Extent

4 3/4 in

Source

The Drexel Founding Collection

Publisher

Drexel University

Identifier

2011.009.0001 F

Rights

Public domain, digitized by Drexel Founding Collection. Please contact the Drexel Founding Collection for image use and reproduction.

Type

Still image

Citation

Cauldon Works Factory, “Saucer for Demitasse Cup from the Sultana, Yacht of John Rozet Drexel,” Drexel Exhibits, accessed November 6, 2024, https://drexelexhibits.omeka.net/items/show/461.