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Robert Todd Lincoln demi-tasse cup
- Creator:
- Gerard, Dufraisseix & Abbott, Charles Field Haviland
- Location:
- France, Limoges
- Origin Date:
- 1900
- Materials:
- ceramic
- Measurements:
- overall: 2 1/16 in 2 1/4 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.082.0714
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Three-dimensional Objects
Description
White demi-tasse cup features gold trim around the rim and foot and a gold loop handle. The cup fans out at the hip and tapers toward a round foot. The bottom of the foot displays the white ware backmark GDA Limoges surrounded by a tan colored wreath. Stamped in green ink over the white ware mark is the decorator mark GDA in script with the word France below separated by a horizontal line. Dulin & Martin Co., Washington, DC is also stamped in tan ink below the wreath. Washington D.C. This demi-tasse cup is part of a set of dinnerware used by Robert Todd Lincoln probably during his term as president of the Pullman Palace Car Company from 1901-1911. See ID number 71.2009.082.0693 for matching demi-tasse saucer. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum