Fuddling Cup
ca. 1635-1645 (made)
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Fuddling cup, tin-glazed earthenware, buff body colour, pinkish white glaze, foot-rim wiped clean of glaze. Two of the arms missing. Each container is painted with a single flower in blue. All three containers are joined internally with interconnecting holes and are concave on the underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Fuddling cup, tin-glazed earthenware, with floral decoration, made in London (probably Southwark) |
| Physical description | Fuddling cup, tin-glazed earthenware, buff body colour, pinkish white glaze, foot-rim wiped clean of glaze. Two of the arms missing. Each container is painted with a single flower in blue. All three containers are joined internally with interconnecting holes and are concave on the underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Lister |
| Object history | Purchased by Mr William Cleverly Alexander from Miss Davis, Salisbury, 1902. Given by Lady Lister, daughter of W.C. Alexander, 1919. |
| Historical context | The term fuddling cup is used of a number of small cups or miniature vase-like containers which are joined to each other and have internal apertures and intertwined handles. Delftware examples have three or four containers between which liquid can flow freely. Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. p. 256. ISBN 0 11 290499 8 |
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| Other number | D3. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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| Accession number | C.358-1919 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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