Object Number 1969.0388

Object Name

Cup (Loving cup)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Alfred C. Harrison

Place of Origin

Nottingham or Chesterfield, Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1837

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Neck; Impressed capital letters: " MARGARET TOMLINSON/ LONG MAY YOU LIVE HAPPY MAY/ YOU BE BLEST WITH CONTENT/ AND FROM MISFORTUNES FREE/ SEPTEMBER 14 1837"

Materials

Stoneware (salt-glazed); Salt glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Incised, Stamped (impressed), Extruded

Dimensions (inches)

9.449 (H) , 10.935 (L) , 8.268 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

24 (H) , 27.775 (L) , 21 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Falk, Cynthia Gayle. 07//2003 Sarah Bixler's Plates and Flowerpots. Antiques. 68-77.
• Published: p. 75, pl. VIII.
[Article] Falk, Cynthia Gayle. 2005 Celebrating Years Together: Personal Commemorations and the Colonial Revival. Winterthur Portfolio. 40 (No. 1): 1-16.
• Published: p. 9, fig. 6
[Catalogue] Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Another inscribed example: February 22-23, 2008, lot 432, "Ann Taylor Chesterfield June 2 [18]23" and "Hark what news the angels/Brings glad tidings/of a newborn king,Born of a maid a virg/Pure cows without/Sin from guilt secure"
[Book] Oswald, Adrian, et al. 1982 English Brown Stoneware 1670-1900.
• Earlier versions of similar Nottingham form with incised flowering vines: pp. 113-28, nos. 69-87, passim, several dated.
[Book] Oswald, Adrian, et al. 1982 English Brown Stoneware 1670-1900.
• 1700 version of Nottingham form, with double-walled bottom: p. 107, no. 61, dated 1700, with Nottingham mayor and wife's name
[Book] Oswald, Adrian, et al. 1982 English Brown Stoneware 1670-1900.
• 1819 version of similar Derbyshire form with incised flowering vines & rhyme: p. 154, no. 120, similar style flowering vines, incised rather than impressed inscription. Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
[Book] Oswald, Adrian, et al. 1982 English Brown Stoneware 1670-1900.
• 1803-49 dated Nottingham and Derbyshire stoneware with somewhat similar flowering vines: pp. 296-7, nos. 12, 13, 16.
[Book] Noel Hume, Ivor. 2001 If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 200 Years of British Household Pottery.
• 1759-dated version inscribed "John and Sara Lee" with tulip-vines: p. 181, figs. VIII a-c, all incised (no stamping)
[Article] Oswald, Adrian & Hughes, R. G. 1974 Nottingham and Derbyshire Stoneware. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 9 (2): 140-189.
• Article on related wares
[Catalogue] Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Similar form Nottingham type cup, dated 1823: February 22-24, 2008 sale, lot 432, dated with "Ann Taylor Chesterfield" and Christian rhyme.