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Culture:English
Title:wine cup
Date Made:1780-1790
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: lead-glazed cream-colored earthenware (creamware)
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Staffordshire (probably) or York
Measurements:overall: 1 3/4 x 3 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.
Accession Number:  HD 81.052
Credit Line:Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Vanderbilt Fund for Curatorial Acquisitions
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
One of two English creamware, leaf-shaped wine cup or sweetmeat dish with a two-part stem handle and molded leaf decoration around the outside; the interior is plain. This piece was formerly in the collection of John B. Morris, Jr., given to Deerfield Academy (#3148), and then purchased from DA in 1981.

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location)

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