White bodies with underglaze "flow blue" transfer print design in "SCINDE" pattern depicting pseudo-Oriental temple in landscape; foliate bands at rims; deep cylindrical 12-faceted sides canted at bottom and terminating in conforming foot; molded C-shaped handles.
teacups
ironstone (pottery)
transfer printing
underglazing
Orientalism
Ironstone
Transfer Printed
Underglazed
Scinde
Orientalism
TEACUP
Scinde
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Alcock, John & George (Maker)
Cobridge, England, Staffordshire
3.125 (H), 3.625 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.406.15
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].