One of the artifacts found at the Eden House was a brown cup that was probably used for drinking tea or coffee. Archaeologists in

Nottingham Cup

England found and dated to about 1710 another cup almost identical to the one from the Eden House. Archaeologists believe that most brown stoneware of this type was made at Nottingham, England from the last decade of the seventeenth century to the end of the eighteenth century. Nottingham stoneware was usually dipped in a liquid clay containing iron. This slip gave the stoneware its characteristic shiny brown glaze. Decoration on Nottingham stonewares usually consists of fine lathe-turned bands such as the ones found on the Eden House cup.