Cup, Mustache

Object Name:

Cup, Mustache

Object ID:

1967.513.03 b

Place of Origin:

England

Date:

1878

Description:

Mustache cup. Whiteware earthenware. Cup with circular cross section, round handle, and insert on interior of lip with two semi-circular cutouts. Cup is decorated on interior and exterior with transfer print in brown and handpainting in orange and tan. Exterior decoration includes two identical scenes of two Asian men each with a bow and arrow and a bowl of fruit on a table with two arrows in the fruit. Background includes mountains and trees, and foreground includes blossoms. Decoration on interior around lip includes a band of diamonds within circles; below the band are alternating vignette and disk designs. One vignette shows what appears to be a writing stand including a bottle, scroll, and Chinese lanterns. Disk design is a scalloped edge disk with a floral design in interior. Marked on bottom in brown transfer print export mark including a diamond with a circle above it and initials "R.S.[P]". Above the circle within the circle are upper case Roman "IV". In middle of the diamond appears to be an upper case "[P or R]", on left corner of diamond "14", in upper corner of diamond "17", in lower corner of diamond "[R or H]", and in right corner of diamond either an " 0 or O or D". Also two handpainted red marks on bottom overglaze: one is "3." with two dots, and other is lower case "16".

Material:

Ceramic

Dimensions:

H-2.7 W-4.5 Dia-3.8 inches

Provenance:

Found in collection On accession sheet: "a&b Mustache cup and Saucer, Yeddo (Japan ) pattern, April 17, 1878; parcel 14. "RSR".

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection