Modern Egyptian – after AD 1500 coffee cup from Egypt dated AD 1900 – 1920

One of six orange buff ware pottery coffee cups. Small spherical body with a flat base and a flared, rounded rim. Decorated on exterior with incised petals with rounded tops from base to rim and with incised wheeled rosettes at the top of each petal. Potter badly fired and cups vary in size and colour. Coffee set used for serving and drinking Turkish cofffee.

Modern Egyptian – after AD 1500 coffee cup from Egypt dated AD 1900 – 1920

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1921.9.13.2
  • Material: pottery
  • Culture: Modern Egyptian
  • Period: 20th century
  • Dated: AD 1900 - 1920
  • Object name: coffee cup
  • Dimensions: Length: 52mm , Width: 52mm , Depth: 34mm
  • Site: Egypt
  • Latitude: 26
  • Longitude: 30