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Coffee Cup with Handle
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Coffee Cup with Handle

Date1770-1780
MediumEarthenware, lead-glazed (Creamware) with red, green, yellow, and black
DimensionsDiam.(rim): 2 3/8"; OH: 2 3/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, The Antique Collectors' Guild in Memory of Mary Kahoe Irvin
Object number2000-152,1A
DescriptionCoffee cup with an intertwined double-handle terminating in foliated antefixes. The side of the cup is decorated in the so-called King's Rose pattern composed of a central rose surrounded by smaller flowers and foliage in a polychrome palette. The interior rim of the cup is embellished with a thin line of red enamel decoration.