Cup and Saucer

Item Information

Title:
Cup and Saucer
Description:
A) Cup: Deep circular tea bowl form with C-scroll handle; white glaze on cream body with overglaze gilt script. "From the Crystal palace" on the side; foot ring. B) Saucer: Circular dish form with same body; no decoration; foot ring.
Date:
1850–1860
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
earthenware
gilding (technique)
overglazing
vitrification
cups (drinking vessels)
saucers (plates)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Earthenware
Semi-Vitrified
Staffordshire
Overglazed
Gilded
Places:
Maine > York (county) > York Harbor
Crystal Palace
Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.)
Extent:
Approximate: 4 in. (H)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/4420
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
Accession #:
1977.661AB
Identifier:
4420