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Cup

Object Name:
Cup
Object ID:
1914.014.048 a
Place of Origin:
Staffordshire, England
Date:
1815-1830
Description:
Cup. Blue, transfer-printed earthenware. Pearlware. Rounded, handleless bowl with short, straight foot. Band with village scene and sailboat in scroll leaf circles, and flowers and leaves with a fine stippled background around exterior. Egg and tongue band around the top exterior rim. Band with two village scenes and sailboat in scroll leaf circles, and flowers and leaves with a fine stippled background around interior rim. Rural scene with two fishermen on a brook, church and houses in the background in center, interior of bowl. Matching saucer.
Material:
Ceramic
Earthenware - Transfer-printed
Dimensions:
H-2.35 Dia-3.55 inches
Provenance:
Ceramics collected by Martha E. Durgin (1833-1916) of Concord, NH. She began collecting in the late 1880s and donated the collection to the Society in 1914.
Credit Line:
Gift of Martha E. Durgin
Subjects:
Flowers, Scrolls, Fishermen
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