Cup, coffee

Description

Coffee cup of white glazed porcelain, decorated with a black painted design, in use in the 1770s at the house of Macleod of Raasay when Boswell and Dr Johnson stayed there

Museum reference

H.MEK 337 B

Object name

Cup, coffee

Date

1770 - 1780

Materials

Porcelain

Physical description

White glazed porcelain

Associations

Johnson, Samuel, Dr, 1709 - 1784
James Boswell
Macleod of Raasay

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