Unknown English
Cup

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Maker Unknown English

CultureEnglish

Titles

Datec. 1825–1850

Made inEngland

MediumLead-glazed earthenware with enamel

Dimensions2 5/16 × 3 1/2 in. diameter (5.9 × 8.9 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Jas A. Gundry

Object numberB.2006.6.1

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Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

DescriptionA Staffordshire cup and saucer, while seemingly modest, is recorded as being salvaged from the Georgiana, which was sunk off the Charleston, South Carolina, harbor in March 1863. The brig-rigged, iron-hulled, propeller steamer belonged to the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War.
ProvenanceNew Orleans Auction Galleries, Inc., from the estate of Martha Ann and Ray Samuel, May 20 - 21, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Printed label on the side of the cup:
"The Confederate Blockade-runner
GEORGIANA was sunk off Char-
leston Harbor May 19, 1863 (ink correction in date). After
105 years this artifact was brought
up by divers in 1969 working un-
der authority and permit from
South Carolina Department Arc-
hives and History. For the com-
plete story on the GEORGIANA
please write: SHIPWRECKS, INC.
Mt. Pleasant, S. C. 29464

Artifact Registered No. C3 (# in ink)"

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