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Tea cup and saucer

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1820-1860

GUSN

GUSN-18443

Description

Porcelain tea cup and saucer; pink lustre and blue decoration banded around each; pink lustre band on inside rim of cup; bracket handle on cup.

Details

Descriptive Terms

teacups
saucers (plates)
glazing (coating)
painting (coating)
porcelain
tin (metal)
Porcelain
Painted
Tin Glazed
CUP AND SAUCER

Inscription

Painted on bottom: ""584""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2.5 x 4.375 (HxW), 3.5 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.477AB

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