THREE STAFFORDSHIRE WHITE SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE COFFEE CUPS CIRCA 1745

Two molded with various allegorical panels, the third with panels of diaperwork.

The first cup: Rowland's Antiques, Buckingham, Pennsylvania.
The second cup: Christie's, New York, The Herbert and Sylvia Jacobs Collection, January 24, 1994, lot 11.
Third cup: Swan Tavern Antiques, Yorktown, Virginia

Diaperwork cup: generally good condition. Larger allegorical cup: the cup has somewhat misshapen in the firing; it is flattened on the side opposite the handle, giving the cup more of an oval appearance. There is a very minor small chip to the foot. Smaller allegorical cup: 1/8-in. chip to the rim above the handle and several additional very minor tiny chips to the rim edge. Very minor small flat chip to the foot.
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A coffee cup, teabowl and jug, similarly molded as the first two examples are illustrated in Leslie B. Grigsby, English Pottery 1650-1800, the Henry H. Weldon Collection, p. 87.