Coffee cup
Staffordshire, England
1820-1840
Measurements
2-3/8 in x 3-3/8 in x 2-3/4 in (dia)
Materials
Glazed enamel and pink luster on white earthenware
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, anonymous gift
Accession Number
2023.11
Provenance
The anonymous donor purchased this coffee cup along with other similar objects from Heather Higgins Antiques, Winnetka, Illinois.
Comments
The molded cup has a cylindrical body that tapers outward slightly as it rises to a pink luster rim. This cylindrical object form was known as a coffee cup, in contrast to the rounded body forms of tea cups, which sometimes lacked handles. The handle on this cup is unlike many other contemporary examples in being rounded at the top and not having a pointed thumbpiece. The outside of the cup opposite the handle features a picture, rendered in shades of pink, of a two-story house gabled roof and chimneys and a stone bridge in front.
Pink lusterware was among the most popular of Staffordshire ceramics made for local consumption and for export. It was very popular in the United States.
