fbpx

Coffee Cup

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1775-1800

GUSN

GUSN-28977

Description

Interior border: brown painted wave-and-dot; exterior border: bwon painted double band containing dot-and-dash band; scene (painted) in brown of trees, bridge, building, adn birds in flight; ear-shaped handle with large gadrooning on spine.

Details

Descriptive Terms

coffee cups
painting (coating)
porcelain
Chinese export
Cup
Cup, Coffee
Cup, Coffee

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

China

Dimensions

2 1/2 (H), 2 3/8 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. L. P. Dean

Accession Number

1920.118

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].