1870-1874
GUSN-21937
Eggcup. Part of porcelain Minton breakfast set; Chinese style decoration w/ orange Gothic border; multi-colored floral branch and vine decoration on set; books and scrolled paper intertwined in vined decoration.
eggcups
glazing (coating)
painting (coating)
porcelain
tin (metal)
floral patterns
vines
Porcelain
Painted
Tin Glazed
Sprig
Vine
EGGCUP
Painted in red on bottom: ""3225/ For I (?) O""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Possibly Minton (Maker)
Stoke-on-Trent, England, Staffordshire
2.375 (H), 2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.698.45
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