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Cup (Loving cup)
1837
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Nottingham or Chesterfield; Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1969.0388
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. Alfred C. Harrison
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Object Number
1969.0388
Object Name
Cup (Loving cup)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Nottingham or Chesterfield; Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1837
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Neck
Inscription: Impressed capital letters: " MARGARET TOMLINSON/ LONG MAY YOU LIVE HAPPY MAY/ YOU BE BLEST WITH CONTENT/ AND FROM MISFORTUNES FREE/ SEPTEMBER 14 1837"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Incised
- Stamped (impressed)
- Extruded
Dimensions (inches)
9.449 (H) x 10.935 (L) x 8.268 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
24 (H) x 27.775 (L) x 21 (Diam)
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. 6Catalogue: 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 nameBook: 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 waresCatalogue: 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.