Teacup
- Object Name:
- Teacup
- Object ID:
- 2008.016.02.12
- Creator:
- Hamilton, Robert
- Place of Origin:
- Stoke, Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- 1818
- Description:
- Teacup - White body; blue transfer printed earthenware; Pearlware. Spherical body with curved side, insized ring around base, and a short straight foot. Curved, applied loop handle. "Boy Piping" scene surrounded by trees, sheep, dog, basket, shepherd's crook, mountains and cliff in the distance on two sides of body and on the handle. Flower and leaf border with beaded bands and stippled background overall around interior rim. "1" handwritten on bottom.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Transfer-printed - Dimensions:
- H-2.5 W-3.4 Dia-2.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a set acquired by Abigail Gilman Perry (1789-1860) on her marriage to Dr. William Perry in 1818. Donated by Klaudia S. Shepard, wife of Henry Shepard, descendant of Dr. William and Abigail Gilman Perry of Exeter, NH. Part of the Perry-Dudley Family Archive and Shepard Collection.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Klaudia S. Shepard
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