Coffee Cup
ca. 1720 (made)
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Cup, six-lobed, with two scroll handles. Covered with a manganese-purple glaze and mottled with opaque white.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with a coloured lead glaze |
| Brief description | Cup of buff earthenware with two handles. Italian, about 1720. |
| Physical description | Cup, six-lobed, with two scroll handles. Covered with a manganese-purple glaze and mottled with opaque white. |
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| Credit line | Bought |
| Object history | Bought from the Aigoin Collection. |
| Bibliographic reference | Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977 |
| Other number | 1226 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | 391-1870 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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