1943.1256: Small Custard Cup

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1256

People

Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )

Title

Small Custard Cup

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

c. 1785-1790

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/226139

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Solid green jasperware in leaf shape with raised lattice decoration

Technique

Jasperware

Dimensions

4.2 x 4.4 x 4.9 cm (1 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• stamp: on bottom, impressed:: WEDGWOOD
• label: on bottom, blue oval label, printed and handwritten in black ink:: [printed:] F. RATHBONE / South Kensington, / LONDON, S. W. /[handwritten:] Pr. / from Dr. Diamond's / colln / 1786 per.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Dr. Hugh W. Diamond. [Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, 1913, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1256

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Serrated upper edge.

Publication History

• Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 88, p. 36

Exhibition History

• Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944

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