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Set, Cup and Saucer

Object number2020.21.26 a,b

Manufacturer Maxwell China

Manufacturer Brighton Falls China

MediumCeramic; Glaze

Credit LineGift of The Twentieth Century Club

DescriptionTeacup and saucer. Teacup and saucer have different makers. White glazed ceramic teacup. Wide, circular bowl tapers to smaller circular foot. O-shaped handle on proper left side of bowl. Seafoam green around top rim. Side of bowl has seafoam green club emblem which is an ornate frame surrounding club monogram at center. Circular white glazed ceramic saucer. Steeply sloped rim with seafoam green rim edge. Saucer has shallow sunken center. Circular foot. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a,b together): 2.5 x 5.875 x 5.688 in. (6.4 x 14.9 x 14.4 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (a): 2.188 x 5 x 4 in. (5.6 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm)
Height x Diameter (b): 1 x 5.688 in. (2.5 x 14.4 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Seafoam green club emblem on side of bowl has text at center "CTC"; "T" is taller than the two "C's".
Marks(a)
Underside has gray-green maker's mark at center with text "M / MAXWELL / CHINA".

(b)
Underside has green maker's mark at center with text "Brighton / Falls CHINA".
Historical NotesTeacup and saucer from the Twentieth Century Club. The Twentieth Century Club was founded in 1894 with the aim to “create an organization for women’s work, though and activity, advancing her interested, promoting art, science and literature.” Women’s clubs were part of a greater social movement in the late 1800s that grew out of the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform society and public policy. This was a progressive era movement with links to suffrage and temperance, although not all members of women’s clubs adhered to either movement. The Pittsburgh club first met at the Thompson mansion at 408 Penn Avenue. They sponsored lectures and classes on language, literature, travel, history and science and were a member of the State Federation of Women’s Clubs. In 1910, they opened a club at their present location in Oakland, and in 1930 the clubhouse was redesigned by Benno Janssen. Many of these clubs saw a decline in the 1960s.

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