Unknown - Plain Round - TL - Posset Cup 2
Description
A small handled container used for “posset”. It is part of a set that includes a posset bowl.
A posset was a British hot drink of milk curdled with wine or ale, often spiced with nutmeg or cinnamon, which was popular from medieval times to the 19th century.
This posset cup has a wider than normal bowl (3 inches in diameter).
Item: Cup (Posset)
Potter: Unknown
Location: N/A
Manufacturing Era(s): 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Origins: N/A
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Body Style: Plain Round
Treatment: Copper Lustre
Motif: Tea Leaf
Finials: N/A
Adults/Child's Pieces: Adult
Footprints/Shapes: Round
Mark: N/A
Potter: Unknown
Location: N/A
Manufacturing Era(s): 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Origins: N/A
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Body Style: Plain Round
Treatment: Copper Lustre
Motif: Tea Leaf
Finials: N/A
Adults/Child's Pieces: Adult
Footprints/Shapes: Round
Mark: N/A