Stirrup cup

Dateca. 1830

MediumEarthenware, lead-glazed, refined, pearlware

DimensionsH: 3 x 4 1/4 (nose to opening)

Credit LineGift of Harry H. and Alma Louise Coon

Object number1997-204

DescriptionStirrup cup molded in the shape of a fox's head with separately molded ears. The fox is painted in orange with a grey snout and eyes outlined in black. The opening of the cup has a white border with "Tally'O" written in gilt and a single stripe of gilding around the border.
ProvenancePurchased by donor from David Newbon, 9/8/ 1978.