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Teacup

Dateca. 1770

Formerly attributed to David Rhodes (1760-1777)

OriginEngland, Leeds

MediumLead-glazed earthenware (cream-colored earthenware / creamware)

DimensionsOH: 1 7/8"; Diam: 3 1/4".

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1975-108,A

DescriptionHandless cream-colored earthenware (creamware) teacup on short footring; decorated on the exterior in red, brown, green, yellow, and green with a stylized house and fence amidst trees and clouds; the interior rim with a scalloped red border adjacent to a red band; the interior well with a stylized shaded splotch of ground in red with a green mound. Painter's mark of a circle with two slash lines painted in brown on the underside of the foot.
MarkingsPainter's mark of a circle with two slash lines painted in brown on the underside of the foot.
ProvenancePrior to 1970, the cup and saucer were in the collection of Mrs. Eugenia Cary Stoller [New York, NY]; December 4, 1970 it was purchased by David Seligmann at the Parke-Bernet auction [New York, NY]; from December 1970 until 1975, it was with David Seligmann [London, England]; April 23, 1975, David Seligmann sold the cup and saucer to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation [Williamsburg, VA].