Cup
- Object Name:
- Cup
- Object ID:
- 1997.025
- Date:
- circa 1876
- Description:
- Small cup, porcelain, bearing the New Hampshire state seal. White porcelain, with orange ring handle and brown transfer print design. Foot ring present. Overglaze lines of gold and orange at rim, gold line at base. Brown transfer print shows New Hampshire state seal (frigate Raleigh on stocks, sun on horizon) in shield, encircled with text, "SIGILLUM - REIPUBLICAE NEO-HANTONIENSIS / 1784". No maker's marks present.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-2.2 W-2.9 Dia-2.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by donor at antique shop. No known history. Date of 1784 commemorates the N.H. Constitution. Shield shape encompassing state seal was a common motif during the centennial celebration of 1876.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William P. Jones
- Subjects:
- Centennial, Porcelain, State seal (NH), State seals, Ships
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