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Coffee Cup
Coffee Cup

Coffee Cup

MakerPossibly made by Staffordshire potteries English, 17th century-present
Dateabout 1820-1840
MediumMechanically-molded porcelain with pink luster decoration and red, green, and black enamel
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width including handle x depth): 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 5/8in. (6.4 x 8.9 x 6.7cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Grace Clarkson Wilcox
DescriptionOne cylindrical, porcelain coffee cup with pink luster decoration. The coffee cup is part of a larger group of teawares consisting of two teapots, a cream pitcher, a sugar bowl and slop bowl, eight teacups, eight saucers, three plates, and one coffee cup. Each piece is decorated at the rim with a line of pink luster, or gold luster, applied directly to the porcelain to give it a pink appearance, and a border. The border consists of a band of pink luster grapes, green enamel leaves, and red enamel tendrils on a black vine.

The coffee cup has a molded and applied handle and straight sides. Like the rest of the set, the coffee cup has a line of pink luster at the edge of the rim, with the grape, leaf, and vine border circling the sides. There is an additional pink luster line near the bottom of the cup. The handle of the coffee cup has a line of pink luster decoration.
Object number1935.2.25.25
Subject Terms
    On View
    On view
    1935.2.25.1a,b
    Staffordshire potteries
    about 1820-1840
    Lidded Sugar Bowl
    Staffordshire potteries
    about 1820-1840
    1935.2.25.10
    Staffordshire potteries
    about 1820-1840
    Cream Pitcher
    Staffordshire potteries
    about 1820-1840
    1935.2.25.15
    Staffordshire potteries
    about 1820-1840
    Slop Bowl
    Staffordshire potteries
    about 1820-1840
    1935.2.25.23
    Staffordshire potteries
    about 1820-1840
    1976.111.6
    Staffordshire potteries
    about 1820-1830
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    Manning Bowman Company
    about 1933
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    Charlana M. Cady
    about 1835
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    Charlana M. Cady
    about 1835
    Teacup .12a and saucer .6b
    Charlana M. Cady
    about 1835