Teacup

Item Information

Title:
Teacup
Description:
Tall cylindrical form with sides tapering to narrow foot; C-scroll handle with scrolled molded decoration along edge; spearhead border along rim with en grisaille and gilt floral motif at center.
Date:
1795–1805
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
porcelain (material)
enameling
gilding (technique)
grisaille
teacups
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
spearheads
Porcelain
Gilded
Enameled
Spearhead
Chain
Grisaille
Places:
Maine > York (county) > York Harbor
Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.)
Extent:
2.5 in. x 3.125 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/4139
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
Accession #:
1977.410.6
Identifier:
4139