Loving cup

dated 1715

Not on view

Large cups with arching handles were often termed loving cups, and the inscription on this example indicates its celebration of a husband and wife. The incised date of 1715, which may indicate the year of the wedding or of an anniversary, makes this one of the earliest cups of this type made in salt-glazed stoneware. Both Nottingham and Derbyshire were renowned for producing wares of this type in the eighteenth century, and the medium of salt-glazed stoneware was an inexpensive one, allowing wares such as these to be affordable to the middle classes.

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Title: Loving cup
Date: dated 1715
Culture: British, Nottingham (Derbyshire)
Medium: Salt-glazed earthenware
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 9 3/8 × 10 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. (23.8 × 27.3 × 20 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Purchase, Austin B. Chinn Gift, in honor of Ellenor Alcorn, 2017
Object Number: 2017.97
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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