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1998.69.0.4
Teacups
1998.69.0.4

Teacups

Maker (English, 1895 - present)
Retailer (American, founded 1847)
Date1962
MediumMechanically-molded cream-colored earthenware with underglaze red decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width including handle x depth): 2 3/8 x 4 1/2 x 3 3/4in. (6 x 11.4 x 9.5cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Marie P. Coburn
DescriptionGroup of four cream-color earthenware teacups, a type of ceramic known as creamware. These teacups are part of a larger group of tea and dinner wares consisting of one creamer (.1), a lidded sugar bowl (.2a-b), four teacups (.3-.6), six saucers (.7-.12), six bread-and-butter plates (.13-.18), seven dinner plates (.19-.25) and six smaller plates (.26-.31). The group of tea and dinner wares is decorated with the same red, underglaze, transfer-printed elements, generally a pattern and border. The pattern consists of a branch containing several of the same kind of flower, the mountain laurel. The border consists of a trailing vine with leaves, interrupted periodically by a cluster of five of these same flowers. Various ceramics in the set are decorated with a shield containing three vines on three trelisses.

The teacups each sit on a circular foot and have gently ribbed sides and a small applied handle. The teacups are decorated with the border of trailing vines, leaves, and flowers, printed on the outside of each teacup below the rim. On one side, to the left of the handle, the border is interrupted by a wide shield-shaped area with a small landscape inside. The landscape shows a steamboat on a river, with a town on the far shore. Domed towers, steeples, and some small buildings are visible in the town. There is a small chip in the foot of teacup (.5).
Object number1998.69.0.3-.6
NotesSubject Note: The flower printed in the pattern and border on this set of creamware is the mountain laurel, the state flower of Connecticut.
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Collections
1998.69.0.26
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.
1962
1998.69.0.17
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.
1961-1962
Lidded Sugar Bowl
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.
1962
1998.69.0.22
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.
1962
Creamer
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.
1962
1998.69.0.8
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.
1962
Teacup 1935.2.26.1 and saucer 1935.2.26.9
Abigail Wright
1830-1840
Teacup .21a and saucer .22b
Frances Caroline Adams
1855-1875
1979.40.5
Frances Caroline Adams
1855-1875
1979.68.751.18
Unknown
about 1925
Child's Teacups
William Adams & Sons
about 1840-1850
1935.2.26.9
Abigail Wright
1830-1840