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Mustache cup

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

GUSN

GUSN-18404

Description

Porcelain mustache cup w/ blue floral trail decoration; blue banded diamond transfer printed pattern around rim; gilded base and rim; bracket handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mustache cups
porcelain
transfer printing
floral patterns
Porcelain
Transfer Printed
Floral Trail
CUP, MUSTACHE

Inscription

Painted on bottom: ""3276"" Stamped on bottom: [registration mark w/ date Jan. 26, 1878]--see worksheet for drawing

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Possibly William Brownfield & Sons (Maker)

Location of Origin

Cobridge, England, Staffordshire

Dimensions

3.25 x 4 x 3.125 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.440

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