Demitasse Cup

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Demitasse Cup

Entry/Object ID

2005.21.58

Description

White porcelain footed demitasse cup with gilded handle. The cup is printed on one side with an illustration of a neoclassical building with four columns across a front portico. The image is labeled, "GILBERT A. DAVIS FREE LIBRARY, FELCHVILLE, VT." The bottom of the cup is marked, "Made in Austria Expressly for Watkins Bros. Felchville, Vt."

Context

Sold by Watkins Bros. in Felchville, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2005.21

Source or Donor

Caswell, Joanna C.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In memory of Eugene R. Cleveland

Made/Created

Date made

1910 - 1930

Place

Country

Austria

Continent

Europe

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Cup, Demitasse

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Cup, Coffee

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cup

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Drinking Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Service T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

2-1/4 in

Width

2-7/8 in

Depth

2-3/8 in

Material

Porcelain

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Cleveland, Eugene R. (1911-2005)

Person or Organization

Watkins Brothers

Related Places

Place

Village

Felchville

Town

Reading

County

Windsor County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America