Punch bowl
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 14 5/8 in. ( 15.2 x 37.1 cm )
Description:
Chinese export porcelain punch bowl; gilt and cobalt Greek key and clustered dot border; three gilt bordered medallions with unique pastoral landscapes containing buildings; gilt and cobalt floral bouquet painted in the interior; gilt and cobalt band around foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Miriam Jay Wurts Andrus
Object Number:
2000.214
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
35756
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teapot with cover
Classification:
Date:
1775-1799
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. ( 14 x 23.8 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical porcelain teapot with reeded strap handles terminating in floral sprays and straight spout; decorated in blue underglaze with Chinese river scene with buildings and bridge; border pattern on cover and top of body consists of bands of blue-on-blue overlapping lines, fish scales, and scallops; gilded berry knop on lid.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1952.344ab
Gallery Label:
This teapot belonged to William Minturn (1734-1799), merchant of New York and Newport and ancestor of owners, Helen Burr Smith and Henrietta Royer Smith.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1799
eMuseum Object ID:
35754
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Tea bowls and saucers(2)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1785-1800
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Each (a and b, tea bowls): 2 in. × 3 1/2 in. (5.1 × 8.9 cm)
Each (c and d, saucers): 1 1/2 in. × 5 5/8 in. (3.8 × 1
Description:
Two tea bowls and two saucers decorated with blue enamel star and circle band combined with blue and gold spearhead band; blue, red, and gold floral spray on exterior bowls and central saucers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary MacKaye Greenwood
Object Number:
1969.19a-d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
35752
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Saucers (2)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1785-1800
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. ( 3.8 x 14.3 cm )
Description:
Porcelain tea bowl and saucer decorated with blue enamel star and circle band combined with blue and gold spearhead band; blue, red, and gold floral spray at center.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary MacKaye Greenwood
Object Number:
1969.19cd
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
35751
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Inkwell
Classification:
Date:
1700-1720
Medium:
Porcelain, wood, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 × 3 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (8.3 × 9.5 × 17.1 cm)
Description:
Cylindrical vessel with flared upper and lower sections, holding cylindrical brass well and cover; baluster-shaped turned wooden handle projects from side; decorated in blue underglaze with flowers and images of books and scrolls; brass disk beneath base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Object Number:
1945.325
Gallery Label:
The handle and the brass could have possibly been added later.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1720
eMuseum Object ID:
35747
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tea bowl and saucer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1780-1820
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Part (saucer): 1 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. (3.2 x 14.6 cm)
Part (tea bowl): 2 x 3 5/8 in. (5.1 x 9.2 cm)
Description:
Porcelain tea bowl and saucer, Nanking pattern with hand-painted blue underglaze decoration; spear and post border with gilding inside rims and gilding on rim edges; island motif (willow design) on exterior of cup at center of saucer.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Charles A. Kip
Object Number:
1941.321ab
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this tea bowl and saucer were used by John André, British officer convicted as a spy and executed September 30, 1780; however, the style and the quality of the porcelain suggest a later date.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
35742
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate: Away to California
Classification:
Date:
mid 19th century
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. ( 1.3 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware child's plate with black transfer print image of view of three mast ship with sails entitled "AWAY TO CALIFORNIA" and border in relief of daisies and at edge of gadrooning.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.206
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
35734
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate: California diggings
Classification:
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 in. ( 10.8 cm )
Description:
Pearlware molded child's plate with black transfer print view titled "California Digging's" and relief borders on brim of daisie and of gadrooning.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.186
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
35732
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creamer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
overall: 5 1/2 x 6 5/8 x 3 1/4 in.
Description:
Molded helmet-shaped creamer with handle in the shape of a broken twig; body has indented band around the middle, and a fluted band below; enamel decoration consisits of Asian style rust-colored swans surrounded by purple clouds below the rim, gilded polychrome floral decoration and blue and gold bamboos in the indented band, and brown ducks swimming in a pool of water on the foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mary MacKaye Greenwood
Object Number:
1969.19e
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
35719
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup: China Trade Society of Cincinnati
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1785
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 6.7 x 10.8 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Two-handled porcelain cup with insignia of the Society of Cincinnati and monogram "H.L.K."
Object Number:
X.72
Marks:
inscribed: in oval at center of insignia: "SOCIETAS CINCINNATORUM INSTITUTA 1783"
gilded: on side of cup opposite insignia: "H.L.K."
Gallery Label:
"H.L.K" is the monogram of Henry L. Knox, Major-General of the Continental Army. He was appointed in 1782.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1785
eMuseum Object ID:
35714
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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