Covered Cup and Saucer (gobelet ‘à lait’ et soucoupe)

Second Half of 18th Century

17 cm 14 cm

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This covered, handleless, bucket-shaped cup and saucer would primarily be used to drink hot and cold, unadulterated milk drinks. In the 1770s and 1780s drinking milk camed to be thought of as healthful and it was often consumed with warmed bread, which could be served in cup’s...

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