Saucers
Classification:
Date:
1775-1782
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
overall: 1 1/2 x 8 in.
Description:
Two circular saucer porcelain dishes press molded into scalloped shaping decorated with central underglaze blue printed pine cones, pomegrantes, berries, and flowers; rim is decorated with five floral sprays; the scalloped circumference is bordered with a painted blue line; marked with a hatched crescent
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number:
1957.303ab
Marks:
painted: hatched crescent
Gallery Label:
This shape of saucer wasn't introduced until the mid 1770's.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1782
eMuseum Object ID:
34967
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Classification:
Date:
1770-1780
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 in. ( 15.2 cm )
Description:
Porcelain bowl painted in underglaze blue with a partitioned fence in a criss-cross pattern; tree leaning over the fence to the right with insects in it; tufts of grass and a large stylized flower spray at the left end and spreading over the top; interior center has a small painted rock; rim has a criss-cross blue border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number:
1957.293e
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
34966
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tea bowl and saucer
Classification:
Date:
1770-1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Part (tea bowl): 2 x 3 1/4 in. (5.1 x 8.3 cm)
Part (saucer): 1 3/8 x 5 1/8 in. (3.5 x 13 cm)
Description:
Porcelain tea bowl and saucer printed inunderglaze blue with the "Birds In Branches" pattern which arew two oversized birds in a tree and thre airborne with rocks in background; the bowl interior center is printed with a bird on a tree.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number:
1957.306op
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
34964
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sauceboats (2)
Classification:
Date:
1760-1785
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (8.9 × 19.1 cm)
Description:
One of a pair pleat-molded porcelain sauceboat on a pronounced footrims with a scroll handle and thumbrest; scroll-molded reserve bordered by molded dots and similar smaller reverse under the spout and handle terminal; the reverses enclose blue printed floral sprays and the exterior rim and exterior spout rim are bordered with the cell pattern; the thumbrest has a painted blue design; mark in the form of an open painted crescent.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number:
1957.284a
Marks:
painted: open crescent
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1785
eMuseum Object ID:
34963
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coffeepot and lid
Classification:
Date:
1770-1780
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Description:
Pear-shaped porcelain coffeepot with domed lid topped with open flower finial and applied leaves with molded scroll handle; the pot and lid are transfer-printed in blue on both sides with "the fence" pattern; the rims of the lid and the pot are painted with double blue lines; a floral spray is printed in blue on spout; mark in the form of a hatched crescent.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number:
1957.286ab
Marks:
painted: on bottom: hatched crescent
Gallery Label:
This object was made for about 10 years. After the 1770's, the balance of the form was less appealing with a higher domed lid and somewhat taller body. Flower finials appeared after 1770.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
34954
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1765-1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
Description:
Cabbage leaf molded soft paste porcelain mask pitcher with the face of a sleepy bearded man below lip and a c-scroll handle; the ovoid body is printed in underglaze blue with three naturalistic flower groups each separated by a butterfly; the straight cylindrical neck is painted with two fruit garlands; the top is bordered by a broad band of molded pointed leaves; handle has a flower spray; mark in the form of a painted, open crescent.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Charles E. Dunlap
Object Number:
1952.23a
Marks:
dealer's label: on underside: "Jas A. Lewis & Son, Inc."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
34950
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Serving dish: Dessert dish
Classification:
Date:
1770-1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 7 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. ( 4.4 x 18.4 x 25.7 cm )
Description:
Scalloped edged diamond shaped porcelain dish painted in underglaze blue of varying intensity in a complicated pattern of petal-shaped panels; large "cracked ice" border and concentric sets of stylized leaf and petal designs with a central stylized flower; as close a copy of an 18th century Chinese design; this design was known as the "Kangki Lotus" pattern; blue floral sprays along the exterior.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number:
1957.300b
Marks:
painted: inside blue borders: a ribbon-tied emblem
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
34931
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cabbage leaf pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1765-1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 in. ( 22.9 cm )
Description:
Porcelain cabbage leaf molded mask pitcher; face of a sleepy bearded man below the spout lip;, with a c-scroll handle; the ovoid body is printed with three naturalistic flower groups with a butterfly; the cylindrical neck is painted with two fruit garlands; the exterior im is birdrede with a broad band of molded leaves.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number:
1957.285
Marks:
painted: on bottom: blue hatched crescent
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
34926
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sugar bowl and lid
Classification:
Date:
1760-1775
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 12.1 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
Porcelain bowl and its ogee-shaped lid with open-flower finial is transfer-printed in underglaze blue with the "Three Flowers" pattern; and the lid is printed in the "Fence" pattern; a double blue painted line outlines the inerior circumference of the bowl and exterior circumference of the top.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number:
1957.291cd
Marks:
painted: on bottom: hatched crescent
Gallery Label:
In later years (from the 1770's) on, the sugar bowl cover became more domed and less flat.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
34924
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 7 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 19 cm )
Description:
Porcelain Plate with wide blue enamelled band border with gild grape vine; secondary blue beaded border; enamelled psuedo arms of New York State appear at center of plate, figures of the Statue of Liberty and justice flanking shield with scrolled border standing on banner with motto surmounted by an eagle.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.110c
Marks:
gilded letters: in scrolled border: "J S T"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
34892
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.





