Coffee can

Dateca. 1750

MediumTin-glaze earthenware (delft)

DimensionsH: 2 5/8"; (6.7 cm).

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1958-310,1

DescriptionOne of a pair of cylindrical mugs with flared bases and loop handles. Bluish tin glaze decorated in blue with a Chinese peony, bamboo, and a gnarled root; dashes on the handle.
Label TextCoffee cans, or straight-sided cups, were used for both coffee and chocolate. They did not initially require saucers as did similar cups with rounded bases. The later creamware examples listed in late-eighteenth-century pattern books indicate, however, that by that time cans and saucers were designed to be used together.
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ProvenanceMrs. J. Weston.
Tilley & Co. London