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 The site of Corotoman on the Rappahannock River in Virginia, a large
 mansion built ca. 1720 and burned ca. 1723 (I can't remember exactly),
 produced several examples of what the excavators called "capuchines."
 These were small, demitasse-like coffee (?) cups made of dipped white
 salt-glazed stoneware.  >>
 
At Dr. John de la Howe's Lethe Farm in South Carolina I found a good number of
similar cups that were interpreted as apothecary vessels. They were small with
no handles and a rolled rim. They were larger than modern demitasse cups, but
smaller than most coffee cups. (ie; about 3" tall, and 2.5" diameter if memory
serves). The context is 1780s to 1806. Noel Hume makes mention of them at
Colonial Williamsburg... Carl Steen