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Cover for a Caudle Cup

1917
(American, 1847–1938)
Culture
America
Medium
silver
Measurements
Overall: 13.8 x 10.2 cm (5 7/16 x 4 in.)
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As an adaptation of a popular 18th-century form of American silver, this caudle cup represents the Colonial Revival taste of the early 20th century.

Description

This covered cup is an adaptation of an 18th-century vessel used to serve caudle, which was a hot drink that was made in various guises throughout British cuisine from the Middle Ages into Victorian times. It was thick and sweet and seen as particularly suitable and sustaining for invalids and new mothers. At some periods of history, caudle recipes were based on milk and eggs, like eggnog.
A circular, shallow silver cover features a narrow vertical rim at the base. At the center, a decorative finial rises from a flared base to a rounded middle section and a small point. The polished silver surface is reflective, though marked by subtle areas of dark gray tarnish and speckling throughout the dome.

Cover for a Caudle Cup

1917

Arthur J. Stone

(American, 1847–1938)
America

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