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Description
This cup and a saucer survived the Great Portland Fire intact and were decorated with the note "passed through the fire, July 4th, 1866."
Judge Nathan Webb (1825-1902) owned the cub and saucer. Webb, a native of Portland, became county attorney in 1866, and was later U.S. District Attorney for Maine, and then a federal judge.
About This Item
- Title: Fire relic teacup, Portland, ca. 1863
- Creator: Pinder, Bourne and Co., Staffordshire, England
- Creation Date: circa 1863
- Subject Date: 1866-07-04
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Earthenware
- Dimensions: 7.2 cm x 9 cm
- Local Code: 986-67-1
- Object Type: Physical Object
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- Webb, Nathan, 1825-1902--Associated objects
- Fires--Maine--Portland
- Teacups
- Portland (Me.)--Fire, 1866
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