Mug
Date1950s
MediumCast white earthenware with gilding and blue, green, red, orange, and black enamel
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width including handle x depth): 4 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 3 5/8in. (12.1 x 11.4 x 9.2cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionCylindrical white earthenware mug with a plain rim, sides that widen slightly down to a projecting ring at the base, and an inset bottom. The mug has an angular handle. A line of gilding circles the mug at the rim, and a tapered line of gilding follows the outside of the handle. On one side of the mug, to the left of the handle, a circular scene is printed in blue, green, red, orange, and black enamel. The scene shows a swimming pool, with a diving board to the left, on a lawn with trees in the background and a flowerbed in the foreground. There are fluffy white clouds in the sky. People are lounging by the pool, swimming, and getting out of the water. A circular area in the foreground of the scene is printed with the words, "Ted Hilton's Resort/ MODUS-CONNECTICUT". There is crazing over all the surfaces of the mug.
Object number1991.85.2
MarkingsThere is an impressed mark on the bottom of the mug, "MADE IN U.S.A."NotesSubject Note: Now the Sunrise Resort, Ted Hilton's Resort at Moodus, Connecticut, saw its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s. (Hunt 2/18/2005)On View
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