Trembleuse
- Description
- This trembleuse, a ceramic cup with a lid and saucer, was most likely used to drink hot chocolate or coffee. The saucer has a slightly raised ring for the cup to sit inside and help stabilize it while serving and drinking. During the 18th century, the preparing, serving and consuming of chocolate and coffee became a ritualistic affair for the middle classes. While it had been popular with upper classes for a century earlier, the desire to mimic the upper classes led to a proliferation of utensils and serving ware to enhance the experience.
- maker
- Derby Porcelain Works
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, Derby
- Physical Description
- purple (cup color)
- purple (saucer color)
- polychrome (component surface decoration color name)
- flowers (overall description of decoration)
- porcelain, ceramic (cover material)
- porcelain, ceramic (cup material)
- porcelain, ceramic (saucer material)
- ID Number
- CE.72.692abc
- catalog number
- 72.692a
- accession number
- 303439
- Credit Line
- Dr. and Mrs. Martin Wynyard
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
- Domestic Furnishings
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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