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Custard cup - 1785
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Custard cup
This teardrop-shaped custard cup or dessert pot is made from a fine sheet of moulded lilac jasper which has been decorated with a crenellated edge and the ornamentation of a fine white jasper lattice or trellis design. It was made between 1785 and 1790.
This teardrop-shaped custard cup or dessert pot is made from a fine sheet of moulded lilac jasper which has been decorated with a crenellated edge and the ornamentation of a fine white jasper lattice or trellis design. It was made between 1785 and 1790.
- Type of object: Dessert ware/custard or chocolate cup
- Mark: Wedgwood [Impressed]
- Year first produced: 1785
- Body: Jasper
- Glaze: Unglazed
- Material: Ceramic
- Decoration: Ornamented
- Accession number: 5400
- Dimensions: 60 mm (length), 42 mm (height), 35 mm (depth)
Glossary
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Custard cups
Custard cups
Small ornamental open or covered cups in varying forms used for serving custard desserts. Wedgwood’s eighteenth century versions are predominantly jasper.
