Coffee Cup and Saucer
DateCup: ca. 1790; Saucer: ca. 1820
MediumPorcelain - Saucer: Soft-paste; Cup: Hard-paste
DimensionsOverall Cup: 2 11/16 x 2 1/4 x 3 1/16in. (6.8 x 5.7 x 7.8cm)
Overall Saucer: 5 1/2in. (14cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Ridinger III
Object number2008-129,1&2
DescriptionCoffee cup and saucer decorated with the arms of Walker. A shield is in the center with three pellets and three crescents, they are beneath the crest comprised of a sun rising in clouds and the whole sits within leafy branches. The rim is decorated with a dark blue band highlighted with gilding.Label TextThe cup is Chinese export porcelain and was part of a larger coffee service made for the Walker family of England. The saucer is English soft-paste porcelain and was probably made a couple of decades after the service to replace a broken Chinese saucer.
ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Charles W. Ridinger III
1760-1775
1759-1769
1650-1675
1755-1770
1793-1796
ca. 1823
ca. 1815
1650-1675
ca. 1730