Cup
- Object Name:
- Cup
- Object ID:
- 1986.064.05.2
- Place of Origin:
- Hancock, NH
- Date:
- 1930-1950
- Description:
- Cup, wine, one of a pair. White porcelain with pale green-brown transparent glaze on exterior and yellow, transparent glaze on interior. Octagonal, cylindrical body with curved base and short, flat foot. Decorated with black and blue bands around rim and base. Poem written in black cursive: "We flatter those we scarcely know, / We please the fleeting guest, / And deal full many a thoughtless blow / To those who love us best." Signed on bottom, one long squiggle with two dashes underneath."
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-2.5 Dia-2.6 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Frances Heald, in Memory of Mary E. Heald
- People:
- Heald, Mary E.
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