Coffeepot
Classification:
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 10 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. ( 27.9 x 27.3 x 17.1 cm )
Description:
Pearlware two-tiered coffeepot with loop handle and molded foot; dark blue transfer printed fruit and flower border around lip small scrolls on spout and handle, chinoiserie building on river repeated four times.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
INV.3700ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
35660
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1785- 1815
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/8 x 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. ( 23.2 x 24.1 x 17.1 cm )
Description:
Porcelain pitcher with interlacing reeded handles terminating in molded floral sprays; on one side, grisaille image three-masted fully rigged ship flying the American flag; on the other side, a brown eagle holds a gilded oval medallion with illegible initials; beneath the spout is a small grisaille tree.
Credit Line:
Gift of Nellie R. Kingsland
Object Number:
1972.17
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, the illegible initials were "JEC", which stand for John and Elizabeth Cox, grandparents of the donor's great grandmother, Sarah Cox Brown (1780-1855)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
35644
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tureen, cover and stand
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall (a, b: Tureen and Cover): 5 7/8 × 7 3/8 × 4 7/8 in. (14.9 × 18.7 × 12.4 cm)
Overall (c: Stand): 3/4 in. ×
Description:
Oval porcelain tureen with reeded entwined handles, cover with flower and leaf knop, and stand, decorated with pencilled trellis diaper and butterfly border ("Fitzhugh" pattern); on each side of tureen and cover and at center of stand is a roundel with spear and post border containing the initial "H".
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Louise Starr given in memory of Mrs. W. Thorn Kissel
Object Number:
1985.2a-c
Marks:
painted: at center of roundels: "H"
Gallery Label:
This piece is part of a dinner service given as a wedding gift to John Hone II and Miss Marie Antoinette Kane (m. 1818). He was the nephew of Philip Hone (1780-1851), the prominent New York businessman, politican, and diarist.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
35643
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teacup
Classification:
Date:
1750-1775
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 3 in. ( 10.5 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Porcelain tea cup with shaped edge and molded handle with four spurs; blue underglaze rim border of abstract blue flowers, leaes, and circles with scrolling edge; polychrome enamel scene inside cartouche with gilded, low-relief edge depicting commercial scene with two merchants and two customers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Fenwick Beekman
Object Number:
1961.6
Gallery Label:
This tea cup is said to have been used by George Washington after the Revolutionary War at a supper given by William Beekman at his house on the East River near 65th Street.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
35637
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup and saucer
Classification:
Date:
1750-1775
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
cup: 2 3/4 x 4 1/8 x 3 in. ( 7 x 10.5 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Porcelain cup and saucer with shaped edges; blue underglaze rim border of abstract flowers, leaves, and circles with scrolling edges; polychrome enamel scene inside cartouche with gilded, low-relief edge depicting commercial scene with two merchants and two customers; cup handles molded with four spurs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Effie Beekman Borrowe
Object Number:
1939.231a
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this set of four cups and saucers belonged to the Honorable James Beekman and family and were used at Mt. Pleasant.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
35634
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tea bowl
Classification:
Date:
1800-1825
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 2 3/8 in. ( 3.8 x 6 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware tea bowl with light blue transfer printed decoration of landscape with water, bridge, and two buildings and border of flowers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild
Object Number:
1928.13a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
35632
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Saucer
Classification:
Date:
1800-1833
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 4 in. ( 2.5 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware saucer with light blue transfer printed decoration of landscape with water, bridge, and two buildings and border of flowers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild
Object Number:
1928.13b
Marks:
printed: in blue on back: four dots
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
35631
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 10 in. ( 1.9 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Pearlware plate with blue transfer printed image depicting a river scene with a dam in the background and a paddleboat in the foreground; a water works is shown to the left of the dam; the border is a fruit and flower pattern.
Object Number:
INV.14373a
Marks:
printed: in blue on back: "THE DAM/ AND/ WATER WORKS/PHILADEPLHIA"
collector's label: on back:"2[ar]/535"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
35626
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Platter
Classification:
Date:
1819-1836
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 7/8 x 16 7/8 x 14 1/8 in. ( 4.8 x 42.9 x 35.9 cm )
Description:
Oval pearlware dish molded of white clay with scalloped rim; printed dark blue with central image of barren tree , fenced in before town buildings, woman and child in foreground; border of large flowers with medallions of central view.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.248
Marks:
impressed: on base in circle around crown: "CLEWS WARRENTED STAFFORDSHIRE"
printed: on reverse:"WINTER VIEW OF PITTSFIELD, MASS."on ribbon in beak of spread eagle
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
35624
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1827-1831
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. ( 2.2 x 26 cm )
Description:
Dark blue transfer printed pearlware with Mitchell & Freeman's China and glass warehouse and street scene as central image; the border pattern is madee up of heavy foliage.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.83
Marks:
impressed: on back of plate: medallion reading "ADAMS WARRANTED [SATFFORDSHIRE]
printed: in blue on back: laurel and swags of "MITCHELL & FREEMAN/ [CHATHAM ST. BOSTON] 1828-1852
Gallery Label:
A paper collector's label affixed to the back reads "Mitchell and Freeman's China and Glass Warehouse, Chatham Street, Boston 1828-1852."
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
35620
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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