cream cup; spherical shape, gold trimmed mouth which tear-drops out to create a pouring spout. the handle, opposite the spout, is rounded with an upturned angle; it is attached below the mouth and slightly below the body's mid-section. the foot is short and cylindrical. the crest has a beveled shape with a yellow background. a three-mast ship is centered sitting on water; on either side of the ship is a tower topped with a flag. while the towers and ship fill the mid-line of the shield, the ground on which the towers stand and water take the bottom portion of the shield. above the shield, with a slight overlap. on the shield, is a light yellow arch with the writing ".Concac." below the shield is a scrolling light yellow ribbon with "Statio Bebfida Carinis" below the ribbon is the town name "Cork". made by Carlton China, owned by Wiltshaw and Robinson, dated ca. 1902-1914, stock number 62.
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
England
Verbatim coll. place:
England
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Ceramic (material), Paint (coating), and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
souvenir
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
height 3.3 centimeters, diameter 4.1 centimeters, and width 5.5 centimeters