Egg cups and stand
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Circular stand with turned molded edge. Stand supported on three bun feet. Center of stand fitted with turned post, tapered toward globular finial. Finial pierced with hole to accomodate double grip in the form of two extended arms. Stand fitted with three wooden posts, which fit into drilled holes in bottoms of individual egg cups. Curved, vase-shaped cups with molded circular bases, knop stem and molded lip.
place: label: Place
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Clinton Wilder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1979-86-8-a/d
objectType: label: Type
content: tableware designs
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Egg cups and stand
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Mahogany, probable pear beech (?)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (stand): 15.1 x 14.3 cm (5 15/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (cup): 7.1 x 4.4 cm (2 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.)