Coffee Can
Early 19th century
Physical Qualities
Pearlware, partially yellow-glazed, with hand-painted and stenciled silver lustre, 2 11/16 x 3 1/2 in. (6.8 x 8.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Arthur J. Gutman, Baltimore
Object Number
2009.77
"Coffee can" was the term used to distinguish this straight-sided form from the more curvaceous teacup. Today we most often encounter the form as a demitasse.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2009; Arthur J. Gutman, Baltimore
Inscribed: Label, bottom: The Gutman Collection # (typed) 363A (handwritten)
Markings: No marks
