Figure 19 Coffee cup and saucer, and tea bowl and saucer; Staffordshire
or Yorkshire, 17751810. China glaze. H. of coffee cup: 3 1/4".
Tea bowls and saucers appear frequently in the American archaeological
record. They are far more common than China glaze plates and mugs. Most
cups are handleless and in a Chinese tea bowl shape. Handled coffee cups
are quite rare, however. We have not seen any marked or dated pieces of
this form. |