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Set, Cup and Saucer

Object number2020.21.30 a,b

Manufacturer Lamberton Scammell China

Manufacturer Lamberton China

Manufacturer Charles Reizenstein Company

OriginPittsburgh, PA

OriginAllegheny, PA

MediumCeramic; Glaze

Credit LineGift of The Twentieth Century Club

DescriptionTeacup and saucer. White glazed ceramic teacup. Tall, narrow, circular bowl tapers to smaller circular foot. C-shaped handle on proper left side of bowl. Blue ribbon around exterior of cup at top, along handle's exterior edge, and flanking club seal inside cup near rim. Circular club seal inside cup has gold border, black text around perimeter (Latin text and club name), and baby blue background with classical female figure holding quill pen in right hand and paper in left hand. Circular white glazed ceramic saucer. Sloped rim with sunken circular center. Top center of rim has circular club seal with gold border, black text around perimeter (Latin text and club name), baby blue background with classical female figure holding quill pen in right hand and paper in left hand. Blue ribbons around the perimeter of the saucer rim and surrounding the club seal. Circular foot. DimensionsHeight x Diameter (a,b together): 2.625 x 4.688 in. (6.7 x 11.9 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (a): 2.313 x 3.188 x 2.375 in. (5.9 x 8.1 x 6 cm)
Height x Diameter (b): 0.688 x 4.688 in. (1.7 x 11.9 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Seal inside cup bowl near rim has black text around the perimeter "NON NOBIS SOLVM SED TOTI MUNDO / TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB ALLEGHENY COUNTY".

(b)
Rim has circular seal with black text around perimeter "NON NOBIS SOLVM SED TOTI MUNDO / TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB ALLEGHENY COUNTY".
Marks(a)
Underside has green maker's mark at center with text "LAMBERTON / S / CHINA / SCAMMELL".

(b)
Underside has green maker's text at center "Lamberton China / Pittsburgh / REIZENSTEIN / Allegheny".
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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