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Cup

Date1777

Maker Swinton Pottery

OriginEngland, Yorkshire

MediumLead-glazed earthenware (slipware)

DimensionsOH: 3in.; OL: 4 3/8in. (including handle); OD: 3 1/2in. (body at widest point)

Credit LineGift of Troy D. Chappell

Object number2016-143

DescriptionInverted bell-shaped cup with everted rim, narrow foot, and plain strap handle. White slip decoration opposite the handle comprised of the initials "I" and "S" separated by two vertical wavy lines. A horizontal wavy line beneath the initials and the date 1777 below that.

Possibly the only extant example of a Swinton slipware cup of this time not reconstructed from shards.
InscribedWhite slip decoration opposite the handle comprised of the initials "I" and "S" separated by two vertical wavy lines. A horizontal wavy line beneath the initials and the date 1777 below that.
ProvenancePurchased by the donor from Sotheby’s, London, October 30, 1973, Lot 43.
With the donor in Williamsburg, Virginia until gifted to Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in 2016. With CWF from 2016 to the present.