Tea Cup and Saucer

Genevive Wimsatt; Canonsburg Pottery Company

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Caption

Genevive Wimsatt (American, active 2nd quarter 20th century); Canonsburg Pottery Company. Tea Cup and Saucer, patented June 19,1928. Earthenware, Tea cup and saucer: 2 3/8 x 5 13/16 in. (6 x 14.8 cm) Tea cup: 2 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 3 11/16 in. (5.4 x 11.4 x 9.4 cm) Saucer: 5/8 x 5 13/16 in. (1.6 x 14.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Joseph V. Garry, 1989.106.8a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Tea Cup and Saucer

Date

patented June 19,1928

Medium

Earthenware

Classification

Ceramic

Dimensions

Tea cup and saucer: 2 3/8 x 5 13/16 in. (6 x 14.8 cm) Tea cup: 2 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 3 11/16 in. (5.4 x 11.4 x 9.4 cm) Saucer: 5/8 x 5 13/16 in. (1.6 x 14.8 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

cup: (on underside printed in gold above glaze) PATS. / 1729235 / & /DES. 75596 / MADE IN U. S. A. Saucer: (underglaze in blue) CANONSBURG / POTTERY CO. on underside (overglaze in gold) PATS. / 1729235 /&/ DES. 75597 / C-GENEVIVE WIMSATT

Credit Line

Gift of Joseph V. Garry

Accession Number

1989.106.8a-b

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