cabaret set

Anton Payer

Summary

Cabaret set, comprising jug and lid, cream bowl and lid, spoon, sugar bowl and lid, two cups and saucers, tray, hard paste porcelain with silver and parcel gilt, elaborately modelled with Egyptian Revival motifs decorated with gilt overglaze, etched and burnished on a lilac-blue ground. a) Jug and lid: Ovoid, in the form of a Canopic jar, with high entwined snake handles, the upper part of the headress forming the lid, with a lotus knop. Moulded details in gilt, the body decorated with a rectangular panel, also gilt, containing a bird with outstretched wings. Subsidiary decoration of lotus and palmette forms. b) Cream bowl and lid:

Display Label

Egyptian Revival Cabaret set (for tea or coffee) 1801-9 Anton Payer, Kaspar Hartmann, Vincenz Reichel, Johann Baumann Porcelain with silver and parcel gilt decoration Complete tea and coffee services sometimes called cabaret sets. They only began to be made towards the latter 1700s. Before then, people used accessories sourced from different places and in different materials and styles. The desire for matching tableware provided designer-makers with an opportunity to create imaginative themed designs, such as this set, inspired by ancient Egypt. Presented by The Friends of Manchester Art Gallery 1985.2/12