Whiteware Tea Cup
Title
Whiteware Tea Cup
Description
London shape, chrome-painted whiteware tea cups were commonly imported into the United States. The flower vine pattern was commonly seen on nineteenth-century whiteware.
Source
Recovered from excavation prior to construction of Rutgers-Camden dormitory at 330 Cooper Street, Camden, N.J.
Publisher
Rutgers University-Camden
Date
c. 1815-1880; photograph, July 2018
Contributor
Ernie Ariens (Graduate Student, American Material Culture, Spring 2018); photograph by Jacob Lechner.
Rights
Collection of Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts
Relation
Affleck, Richard, George Cress, Ingrid Weubber, Rebecca White, Kimberly Morrell, and Thomas Kutys. Phase II and Data-Recovery Archaeological Excavations of the Smith-Maskell Site Cooper Street Development Camden, New Jersey. Archaeological Excavation Report, Burlington: URS Corporation.
Format
ceramic demitasse cup, approximately 3" diameter.
Collection
Citation
“Whiteware Tea Cup,” Learning From Cooper Street, accessed March 24, 2023, https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/items/show/28.