Breakfast cup and saucer

Item Information

Title:
Breakfast cup and saucer
Description:
Large earthenware cup [.1] and saucer [.2] with brown transfer-print pattern of arabesques and interlocking scrolls in an overall sunburst design. Quatrefoil-shaped plate and saucer have molded fish-scale decoration.
Creator:
W. T. Copeland & Sons
Date:
1860–1870
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
earthenware
turning (shaping process)
glazing (coating process)
transfer printing
molding (forming)
cups (drinking vessels)
saucers (plates)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Gothic Revival
Sunburst
Fish scale
engine turned
Extent:
Cup: 3 in. (H) Diameter: 5 1/8 in.; 7/8 in. (H) Diameter: 7 1/4 in.
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/40863
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Place of origin:
Stoke-on-Trent (Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom)
Notes:
Museum Accession
Accession #:
1988.593.1-.2
Identifier:
40863