Demitasse Cup

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Demitasse Cup

Entry/Object ID

2008.83.35

Description

White ceramic demitasse cup with gilded handle and unevenly applied green glaze. The cup is printed with a full-color illustration of a clapboard house complex labeled, "THE COOLIDGE HOMESTEAD POLYOUTH, VT." The bottom is marked, "INTED AND IMPORTD MISS RUTH M. ALDRICH PLYMOUTH, VT."

Context

Sold by Ruth M. Aldrich in Plymouth, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2008.83

Source or Donor

Graffagnino, J. Kevin

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

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

2-1/2 in

Width

3-3/8 in

Diameter

2-9/16 in

Material

Porcelain

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Calvin Coolidge Foundation, Inc.

Person or Organization

Aldrich, Ruth Midge (1892-1991)

Related Places

Place

Town

Plymouth

County

Windsor County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America