Chester Webster Decorated Miniature Cup, NC

Att. Chester Webster (1799-1882), salt glazed stoneware footed and flared cup decorated with impressed circles and diamond forms, one side with incised A and the other side B and possibly used as a "medicine cup, shop glass, child's toy, or a presentation piece" and showing the influence of the Hartford County, CT pottery tradition.

1.75 in.

Featured in Quincy Scarborough's definitive work, "North Carolina Decorated Stoneware: The Webster School of Folk Potters," p. 67, figure 78.

Tiny chip to inside rim; black light examination reveals no restoration.

$1,000 - 2,000