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Culture:English
Title:goblet
Date Made:1830-1850
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: red earthenware, copper lustre (lusterware), overglaze polychrome enamels
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Staffordshire (probably)
Measurements:overall: 4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.; 11.43 cm
Accession Number:  HD 71.030
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Edgar Bibas
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
English lusterware goblet with a slightly flared rim, short, single-ringed stem and footed, flat base that has an incised band and molded edge. The goblet is covered with copper lustre and decorated with a large center flower in white, flanked by green and yellow leaves with small blue flowers. Its copper lustre decoration is created by applying gold salts to the red earthenware body, where in the heat of the kiln the metal is deposited as a thin layer on the surface.

Subjects:
Pottery; Copper; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome

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