Tea set cup and saucer

Item Information

Title:
Tea set cup and saucer
Description:
Child's tea set: Cup and saucer: miniature. Saucer has spiral of decorative markings inside. Cup has tall handle; slightly turned lip and foot. Turning decorates lower portion; tiny incised band encircles top.
Date:
1750–1850
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
pewter (tin alloy)
turning (shaping process)
tin (metal)
teacups
tea services
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
childhood
Pewter
Turned
Childhood
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/8390
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.607.8AB
Identifier:
8390