Pitcher
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1790-1830
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 10.2 x 13.3 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Molded creamware (mochaware) baluster pitcher with trefoil terminus on applied handle; sides decorated with spiraled loops of white, bluish gray, and dark brown pigment on medium brown ground; banded at rim and foot with bands of dark brown.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.12626
Marks:
written: on collector's label on underside of pitcher: " 1488/Eng."
impressed: on handle: "24 / (illeg.) V"
Gallery Label:
This type of earthenware, known to collectors as mochaware, is made to resemble Mocha stone (moss agate) - a milky-colored stone with moss-like markings in green and reddish-brown. It was first produced in England in the 1780s and make throughout the 19th century, mainly for taverns and humble homes.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
34599
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Soup plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. ( 4.4 x 24.8 cm )
Description:
Molded edge soup plate with deep cavetto decorated with blue enamel and gilding; border decoration consists of a thick blue enamel band with gold stars, and gold spearhead border; interior decoration consists of blue and gold floral swags; shield at center with a star border, inscribed initials, and ribbons and leafy swag above.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth McNeil
Object Number:
1984.11
Gallery Label:
This dish, part of a fifty-four-piece dinner service, was owned by New York statesman and merchant James Watson, Jr. (1750-1806) and his wife Mary Talcott (1752-1806).commissioned by James M. Watson (1750-1806), a New York City businessman.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
34587
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Molded edge plate decorated with blue enamel and gilding; border decoration consists of a wide blue enamel band with gold stars bounded on the inside by a gold spearhead band; interior decoration consists of blue enamel gilded floral swags; shield at center with a star border, ribbons and leafy swag above, inscribed with initials.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth McNeil
Object Number:
1984.8
Gallery Label:
This dish, part of a fifty-four-piece dinner service, was owned by New York statesman and merchant James Watson, Jr. (1750-1806) and his wife Mary Talcott (1752-1806).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
34586
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Molded edge plate decorated with blue enamel and gilding; border decoration consists of a wide blue enamel band with gold stars bounded on the inside by a gold spearhead band; interior decoration consists of blue enamel gilded floral swags; shield at center with a star border, ribbons and leafy swag above, inscribed with initials.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth McNeil
Object Number:
1984.6
Gallery Label:
This dish, part of a fifty-four-piece dinner service, was owned by New York statesman and merchant James Watson, Jr. (1750-1806) and his wife Mary Talcott (1752-1806).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
34584
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Molded edge plate decorated with blue enamel and gilding; border decoration consists of a wide blue enamel band with gold stars bounded on the inside by a gold spearhead band; interior decoration consists of blue enamel gilded floral swags; shield at center with a star border, ribbons and leafy swag above, inscribed with initials.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth McNeil
Object Number:
1984.5
Gallery Label:
This dish, part of a fifty-four-piece dinner service, was owned by New York statesman and merchant James Watson, Jr. (1750-1806) and his wife Mary Talcott (1752-1806).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
34582
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Molded edge plate decorated with blue enamel and gilding; border decoration consists of a wide blue enamel band with gold stars bounded on the inside by a gold spearhead band; interior decoration consists of blue enamel gilded floral swags; shield at center with a star border, ribbons and leafy swag above, inscribed with initials.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth McNeil
Object Number:
1984.4
Gallery Label:
This dish, part of a fifty-four-piece dinner service, was owned by New York statesman and merchant James Watson, Jr. (1750-1806) and his wife Mary Talcott (1752-1806).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
34581
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Molded edge plate decorated with blue enamel and gilding; border decoration consists of a wide blue enamel band with gold stars bounded on the inside by a gold spearhead band; interior decoration consists of blue enamel gilded floral swags; shield at center with a star border, ribbons and leafy swag above, inscribed with initials.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth McNeil
Object Number:
1984.3
Gallery Label:
This dish, part of a fifty-four-piece dinner service, was owned by New York statesman and merchant James Watson, Jr. (1750-1806) and his wife Mary Talcott (1752-1806).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
34579
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Confection plate
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. ( 2.9 x 11.7 cm )
Description:
Porcelain tea set including confection plates; set has border of fine intertwining branches in gilding and green enamel; additional gilding on rims, edges, seams, and highlighting finials and handles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
1941.180
Marks:
printed: in oval on underside of each piece: "HAVILAND & CO./DOUBLE GILDING/LIMOGES"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
34566
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1790-1820
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 10 in. ( 12.7 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Molded creamware (mochaware) bowl banded with wide brown and narrow dark brown slip around mid section over which blue/dark brown/white slip has been blended in a spiral pattern ("cabled"); exterior of rim has a raised diaper and is tinted green; interior and foot left white.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.2014
Marks:
written on Nadelman collection label on underside of bowl: "225 / Eng"
Gallery Label:
This type of earthenware, known to collectors as mochaware, is made to resemble Mocha stone (moss agate) - a milky-colored stone with moss-like markings in green and reddish-brown. It was first produced in England in the 1780s and make throughout the 19th century, mainly for taverns and humble homes.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
34564
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Molded edge plate decorated with blue enamel and gilding; border decoration consists of a wide blue enamel band with gold stars bounded on the inside by a gold spearhead band; interior decoration consists of blue enamel gilded floral swags; shield at center with a star border, ribbons and leafy swag above, inscribed with initials.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth McNeil
Object Number:
1984.2
Gallery Label:
This dish, part of a fifty-four-piece dinner service, was owned by New York statesman and merchant James Watson, Jr. (1750-1806) and his wife Mary Talcott (1752-1806).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
34552
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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