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1956-424, Coffee Cup
Coffee cup
1956-424, Coffee Cup

Coffee cup

Dateca. 1770
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft / delftware)
DimensionsOH: 2 1/2"; OL: 3 1/4" (including handle); ODepth: 2 1/4" (body at widest point)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1956-424
DescriptionStraight-sided cup with small foot ring and handle with scroll base terminal. White tin glaze decorated in red, mixed green, and yellow with stylized floral swags pendent from rim. The top of the handle painted with blue dashes.Inscription(s)NoneMark(s)NoneProvenanceIn 1956, with A. F. Allbrook (London, England) who sold it to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA) where it remains to the present.