Two-Handled Cup

Staffordshire

About 1720-1740

  • Titles Two-Handled Cup (Descriptive)
  • Artist Staffordshire, England
  • Medium pottery
  • Dimensions 5 × 8 × 4 in. (12.7 × 20.3 × 10.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Cole, 1982.194
  • Work Type cup
  • Classification Containers

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