Trembleuse
name: label: maker
content: Derby Porcelain Works
notes: label: Description
content: This trembleuse, a ceramic cup with a lid and saucer, was most likely used to drink hot chocolate or coffee. The saucer has a slightly raised ring for the cup to sit inside and help stabilize it while serving and drinking. During the 18th century, the preparing, serving and consuming of chocolate and coffee became a ritualistic affair for the middle classes. While it had been popular with upper classes for a century earlier, the desire to mimic the upper classes led to a proliferation of utensils and serving ware to enhance the experience.
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Derby
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content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Domestic Furnishings
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. and Mrs. Martin Wynyard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CE.72.692abc
label: catalog number
content: 72.692a
label: accession number
content: 303439
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trembleuse
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: purple (cup color)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (saucer color)
label: Physical Description
content: polychrome (component surface decoration color name)
label: Physical Description
content: flowers (overall description of decoration)
label: Physical Description
content: porcelain, ceramic (cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: porcelain, ceramic (cup material)
label: Physical Description
content: porcelain, ceramic (saucer material)