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Cup

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1800-1830

GUSN

GUSN-50671

Description

Of cylindrical form with a long scroll handle, covered with a bright yellow glaze (canaryware) and a silver luster band around the top rim. It has a black transfer print of a mother and child and an inscription.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cups
earthenware
glazing (coating)
luster (textile)
throwing (pottery technique)
transfer printing
tin (metal)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
people (agents)
Children's food service tools and equipment
Earthenware
Thrown
Transfer Printed
Luster
Tin Glazed
People
CUP

Inscription

On the cup in black transfer print reads: A Present for m......[missing].

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

2 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.123

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