Two-handled cup

Date1680-1720

MediumLead-glazed earthenware (slipware)

DimensionsOH: 3 5/8"; OL: 6 1/4" (with handles); ODiameter: 4 3/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1951-524

DescriptionSmall two handled loving cup or posset pot with slightly flared neck or lip descending to bulbous body. Two loop handles opposite one another starting midway down body and reaching to about one inch above base. The belly sits on footring which is unslipped and unglazed. Light buff slip on most of exterior combed with brown slip on belly and dotted with large, unevenly spaced brown slip circles on the neck. The entire interior and exterior (above the footring) coated with a lead glaze.Inscription(s)NoneMark(s)None