Cup

Object Name:

Cup

Object ID:

1981.023.01.01 a

Place of Origin:

Europe

Date:

1840-1860

Description:

Teacup. Porcelain. Eight sided body with slightly flared, scalloped rim and slender loop handle. Each exterior side on body is decorated with gold paint and alternating blue or pink paint. There is a gold line between each of the eight sides. There is gold feathering along the rim on the blue sections and pink scrolling on the pink sections. Hand painted gold decoration within each wedge. Designs include floral motifs, scrolls, circles and stippling in the blue sections. There is a wide gold band on the inner surface of the rim. There is a gold circle on the inner surface of cup bottom. Maker's mark on bottom is a hand painted number " '166" in gold.

Material:

Ceramic
Porcelain

Dimensions:

H-2.7 W-4.2 D-3.6 inches

Provenance:

Part of a tea set that belonged to the Aiken family of Franklin, NH, probably Herrick Aiken (1797-1866), great-grandfather of donor's wife, Dorothy Aiken Johnson (1900-1978). The Aiken family was known for their home knitting machines and numerous other inventions.
The donor, Rogers Bruce Johnson (1895-1987), was married to Dorothy Aiken. Dorothy's father was Charles W. Aiken (1869-) who was an MIT graduate and a soap machine inventor, of Brooklyn, NY; Charles was the son of Jonas Bradley Aiken (c.1835-), inventor, of Franklin, NH; Jonas was the son of Herrick Aiken (1797-1866), inventor, of Dracut, MA, and Franklin, NH. Rogers Johnson spent many years compiling an Aiken genealogy, and collecting and caring for Aiken materials.

Credit Line:

Gift of Rogers B. Johnson

People:

Aiken, Herrick (1797-1866), Johnson, Dorothy Aiken (1900-1978), Johnson, Rogers B. (1895-1987)

Subjects:

Ceramics, Cups, Porcelain, Teacups