Bullion Cup from the Sultana, Yacht of John Rozet Drexel

Bullion Cup from the Sultana, Yacht of John Rozet Drexel

Cauldon Works Factory

20th century

This bullion cup from John Rozet Drexel’s yacht, Sultana, is white ceramic with decorative gilding and enameled blue, red, gray and black decoration. The cup’s rim has a gilded band overlaid with a repeating black Greek key and a row of gilt pendant dots. A line of gilt is painted along the handles. Below the decorative bands on the outside of the cup 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. Some discoloration is visible on the outside of the cup.

Soup bowl

Ceramics

3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in

The Drexel Founding Collection

Drexel University

2011.009.0001 G

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

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