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Cup

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1860

GUSN

GUSN-25170

Description

Buff-colored clay body w/ thick white glaze. Molded elongated cup-shaped body w/ faceted sids. Slightly indented at mid-body and tapering to a corresponding domed foot. Applied C-shaped handle (missing). Glaze crackled.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cups
ironstone (pottery)
Ironstone
CUP

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3.125 x 2.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.229.1

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