Material Pleasures

Tin-Glazed Earthenware Tile, with a scene from Gaffe, The und Tobac Zieretten by Johann Esaias Nilson (German, 1721–88), featuring a couple seated at a table with a coffee pot, ca. 1756–57, 2001.33

Jug, depicting both the joys and misfortunes of drinking, ca. 1800

Plate, "Symptoms of Going it in Style," ca. 1830

Plate, featuring a Turkish merchant and his slave, ca. 1770

Plate, featuring five men drinking and smoking, ca. 1770–80