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Coffee Cup

Dateca. 1750

OriginEngland, Staffordshire

MediumWhite salt-glazed stoneware

DimensionsOH: 3 3/8"; OL: 3 1/2" (including handle); ODepth: 2 1/2" (body at widest point)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1938-18,2

DescriptionCoffee cup: a high-domed foot with a waisted basal supports the cylindrical bowl of tapered shape with slightly everted rim. Circular incised lines decorate the basal section. Applied vertically to one side is a plain loop handle with a small curl to the lower terminal.Inscription(s)NoneMark(s)NoneProvenanceIn 1938, with Guitel Montague (New York, NY) who sold it to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA) where it remains to the present.