Description:
One teacup from three sets of Staffordshire London-shaped, handleless teacups and saucers decorated with dark blue, transfer-printed large flowers and berries, and a flower in the wells. The cups and saucers were made by Union Pottery, a short-lived potters' cooperative in Burslem. Union Pottery pieces in HD's collection include: HD 90.025 (cream pot), HD 90.084 (teapot), 90.085 (sugar bowl), and 96.046 (3 teacups and saucers). The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association has two similar teapots. One was a gift from George Sheldon in 1889, that came with the label: "Blue teapot - Bought by Caroline (Stebbins) Sheldon about 1830 with money inherited from her aunt Abigail Sratton, who died in 1826. She died Dec. 1 1865." The same Union Pottery teapot, cup and saucer, and breakfast plate are listed in the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assocation Relics of the Memorial Hall Museum catalogue (#82,83,84) as "Blue Six-legged Teapot Belonged to Caroline (Stebbins) Sheldon 1789-1865, mother of donor, George Sheldon." The other, a gift of Dr. Marion Rockwell of Amherst, Massachusetts, came with the label: "Carried by a pioneer from Massachusetts to New Hampshire in her saddle bag."
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