Cup

Eastern United States

1800-1875

Measurements

2-7/8 8n x 5 in x 4-1/8 in (dia)

Materials

Glazed red earthenware

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.744

Provenance

Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner

Comments

The cup, thrown on a potter's wheel, is somewhat irregular in its tapered cylindrical shape. The strap handle is applied. The cup is covered in a brown glaze with speckled iridescence. The bottom of the cup is unglazed and stained brown.