Coffee cup

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1787
Medium: 
Porcelain
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 x 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 7.6 x 12.1 x 7 cm )
Description: 
Porcelain coffee cup with molded handle and shaped rim; decorated with interior rim band of blue underglaze border with butterflies and diaper and gilt details; exterior rim has a gilt wave band; cup front has a polychrome enamel shield with a floral surrounding and iron red and gilt initials in the center.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Fanny F. Clark
Object Number: 
1923.18
Marks: 
inscribed: inside shield: "A.D."
Gallery Label: 
This tea service was owned by Ann (Rapelje) Duyckinck (1733-1789), who married Gerards Duyckinck in 1752. According to the donor, the set was acquired at the time of their wedding; however, it was probably made about thirty-five years later, when such porcelain became available on the American market.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1787
eMuseum Object ID: 
35170
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Coffee cup

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1787
Medium: 
Porcelain
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 x 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 7.6 x 12.1 x 7 cm )
Description: 
Porcelain coffee cup with molded handle and shaped rim; decorated with interior rim band of blue underglaze border with butterflies and diaper and gilt details; exterior rim has a gilt wave band; cup front has a polychrome enamel shield with a floral surrounding and iron red and gilt initials in the center.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Fanny F. Clark
Object Number: 
1923.17
Marks: 
inscribed: inside shield: "A.D."
Gallery Label: 
This tea service was owned by Ann (Rapelje) Duyckinck (1733-1789), who married Gerards Duyckinck in 1752. According to the donor, the set was acquired at the time of their wedding; however, it was probably made about thirty-five years later, when such porcelain became available on the American market.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1787
eMuseum Object ID: 
35169
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tea bowl and saucer

Classification: 
Date: 
1752-1765
Medium: 
Porcelain
Dimensions: 
Overall (a: Tea bowl): 1 7/8 × 3 1/4 in. (4.8 × 8.3 cm) Overall (b: Saucer): 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Description: 
Fluted porcelain tea bowl and saucer painted in underglaze blue in the "Prunus Root" pattern, a root-like vine with occasional blooms and insects; interior bowl rim is decorated with two sprays and an insect with root in center; painted blue circle above two straight lines connected by a stick( possibly workman's mark)
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number: 
1957.306ab
Marks: 
painted: in blue, workman's mark: circle above two straight lines connected by a stick
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1765
eMuseum Object ID: 
35153
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sugar bowl

Classification: 
Date: 
1775-1785
Medium: 
Porcelain
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 3/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 13.7 x 9.8 cm )
Description: 
Soft paste porcelain sugar bowl and modified ogee lid surmounted by an upright open flower finial with two applied leaves at its base; both parts printed in underglaze blue with a large and a small floral spary on each part; the exterior cover and interior bowl rim are double banded with painted blue lines; printed butterflies are on the bowl; "the three flowers pattern"; marked with the capital letter C.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number: 
1957.292ab
Marks: 
painted: on bottom: capital letter "C"
Gallery Label: 
This piece is from an assembled set of Worcester blue and white soft paste porcelain assembled by collector Edmund Astley Prentis (1883-1967). This sugar bowl has a distinctive shape because it is smaller and more vertical than sugar bowls of this time period.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1785
eMuseum Object ID: 
35149
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Assembled Set of Worcester blue and White Soft Paste: serving dish

Classification: 
Date: 
1770-1780
Medium: 
Porcelain
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 x 15 1/2 in. ( 7.6 x 39.4 cm )
Description: 
Large circular twelve-lobed porcelain serving dish transfer-printed in underglaze blue in the "Pine Cone pattern"; the center arrangement of pine cones, pomegrantes and berries are surrounded by flower sprays,butterflies, and insects; the broad rim is transfer printed with larger floral sprays and the rim outlined with a painted blue line; mark in the form of a hatched crescent.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number: 
1957.297a
Marks: 
painted: on bottom: hatched crescent
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1780
eMuseum Object ID: 
35145
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Covered pitcher

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1805
Medium: 
Porcelain
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 1/2 x 10 x 7 in. ( 29.2 x 25.4 x 17.8 cm )
Description: 
Porcelain pitcher with interlacing reeded strap handles terminating in molded floral sprays on either side of the body; grisaille image of a two-masted ship on a green sea; one image depicts the ship under sail; the other shows it foundering; the borders of the pitcher and cover are blue enamel bands with gilded and rust grapevines; the cover has a Foo dog knop.
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number: 
1952.116ab
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1805
eMuseum Object ID: 
35127
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tea bowls and saucers (22)

Classification: 
Date: 
1766-1775
Medium: 
Porcelain
Dimensions: 
overall: 1 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.
Description: 
Porcelain tea bowls and saucers painted in underglaze blue in pattern known as "Bird on a Branch"; a spray with a large chrysanthemum surrounded by dots and darker blue leaves from which two other chrysanthemum blooms extend; on one of the sprays sits an outlined bird with a long tail feathers, crest, and open beak; the interior rim is painted in a blue cross-hatched border, both tea bowl and saucer.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number: 
1957.306a-v
Gallery Label: 
During the second half of the 18th century, there were several factories in the city of Liverpool which made blue and white teaware in this pattern. These tea bowl and saucer sets may be from Phillip Christian and Manufactory.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1775
eMuseum Object ID: 
35125
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tea bowl and saucer

Classification: 
Date: 
1775-1785
Medium: 
Porcelain
Dimensions: 
Part (saucer): 5 in. (12.7 cm) Part (tea bowl): 1 3/4 x 3 in. (4.4 x 7.6 cm)
Description: 
Porcelain tea bowl and saucer printed with "Mother and Child" pattern; the bowl exterior and saucer interior showing an oriental lady seated on a platform and standing child surrounded by large decorated vases and pedestals holding fruit and flowers ; the rims are painted in blue ; the tea bowl center interior is printed with a flower.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number: 
1957.306ef
Marks: 
painted: on bowl: hatched crescent painted: on saucer: hatched crescent, enclosing the letter L
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1785
eMuseum Object ID: 
35122
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Assembled Set of Worcester blue and White Soft Paste: pickle dish

Classification: 
Date: 
1770-1775
Medium: 
Porcelain
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 7 x 13.3 cm )
Description: 
Press molded scallop shell-shaped porcelain pickle dish with scrolled shell end as a handle; printed in underglaze blue with pictures of garden produce (melons, berries, nuts, mushrooms) and leaves inside, with feathered painted blue border; mark in the form of a hatched crescent in blue.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number: 
1957.295
Marks: 
painted: in blue: hatched crescent
Gallery Label: 
This piece may be considered rare because this print appears only on this shape of dish.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1775
eMuseum Object ID: 
35107
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Saucer

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1780-1800
Medium: 
Porcelain
Dimensions: 
saucer: 1 x 3 5/8 in. ( 2.5 x 9.2 cm )
Description: 
Porcelain saucer with sawtoothed border in gilding and blue enamel; small floral spray in blue enamel with gilding at center of saucer; beading in blue enamel surrounding central motif of saucer; saucer has a matching cup-INV.13358
Object Number: 
INV.13359
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1800
eMuseum Object ID: 
35096
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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