Set of six tea bowls from partial tea set
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 4 1/8 in. ( 5.7 x 10.5 cm )
Description:
Set of six porcelain tea bowls decorated with iron red and gold lappet band at interior rim; pink and gold husk around exterior rim; and polychromed enamel pseudo arms of New York State with gilded initials in shield on one exterior side and a gilded flower on the opposite side.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary MacKaye Greenwood
Object Number:
1969.18g1-6
Marks:
painted: in gold in shield: "JEG"
Gallery Label:
These pieces are a part of a set that belonged to John Greenwood (1760-1819) and Elizabeth (Weaver) Greenwood (1764-1831) of New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
34089
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Saucer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1795
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 14 cm )
Description:
Porcelain saucer with ribbed sides and shaped rim; border consists of blue enamelled dots between blue and gilt bands with secondary border of two intertwined gilt vines;enamelled ornament also includes pseudo arms of New York State; figures of liberty and justice flanking shield with scrolled border surmounted by an eagle.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.111d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1795
eMuseum Object ID:
34081
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Partial tea service
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall (a): 2 1/4 in. × 4 1/4 in. (5.7 × 10.8 cm)
Overall (b): 1 1/2 in. × 6 in. (3.8 × 15.2 cm)
Overall (c): 1 i
Description:
Porcelain tea bowl, saucer and plate with wide blue enamelled band borders with gilt grape vines; secondary blue beaded borders; enamelled psuedo arms of New York State at center of plates and twice on tea bowl, figures 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:
1952.110a-c
Marks:
gilt letters: in scrolled border: "J S T"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
34077
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pair of vases
Classification:
Date:
1640-1680
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/2 x 8 in. ( 39.4 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Pair of identical beaker vases with flaring rims; covered with white slip; decoration consists of blue underglaze and rust and gilded overglaze; each has two main views, one of a dragon-like bird above a fence, and the other of a single bird flying downwards towards two birds on the ground; floral and scrolling decoration over rest of vase.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Margaret Mather Sill
Object Number:
1943.426ab
Gallery Label:
These vases were part of the furnishings of Gen. John Maunsell's house at 14 Broadway at the end of the eighteenth century. They were left by his widow in 1815 to her niece, Mrs. James Beekman, and were used in Old Beekman Mansion, East River and 51st Street until 1823, when they were willed to her great-niece and namesake, the mother of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1680
eMuseum Object ID:
34063
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tea bowl
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1795
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Porcelain tea bowl with ribbed sides and shaped rim; border consist of blue enamelled dots between blue and gilt bands with secondary border of two intertwined gilt vines; enamelled ornament also includes pseudo arms of New York State; figures of liberty and justice flanking shield with scrolled border surmounted by an eagle.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.111e
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1795
eMuseum Object ID:
34050
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coffeepot and lid
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1795
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 6 x 5 1/2 in. ( 22.2 x 15.2 x 14 cm )
Description:
Bulbous porcelain coffee pot with reeded entwined handle and c-shaped spout; domed porcelain lid with berry finial; both forms have a border consisting of blue enamelled dots between blue and gilt bands; enamelled ornament also includes pseudo arms of New York State; figures of liberty and justice flanking shield with scrolled border surmounted by an eagle.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.111ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1795
eMuseum Object ID:
34049
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pickle dish
Classification:
Date:
1758-1770
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 × 4 3/8 in. (9.2 × 11.1 cm)
Description:
Press-molded serrated edge leafshaped porcelain dish; stem painted with underglaze blue vine and bunches of grapes and painted blue serrated edge border; leaf veins appear on exterior; this a variation of the "pickle leaf pattern."
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number:
1957.305b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1770
eMuseum Object ID:
34047
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup and saucer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall (a): 2 in. × 3 1/2 in. (5.1 × 8.9 cm)
Overall (b): 1 1/4 in. × 5 1/2 in. (3.2 × 14 cm)
Description:
Handleless cup and saucer with gilded rim and interior border of a gilded wavy line separating a blue enamel backgound with gilded half flowers and a white background with blue half flowers; both cup and saucer also bear a pseudo-armorial insignia of love birds perched upon a black and gold bar; they are encircled by a blue enamel band with gold dots and blue and gold rays projecting outward.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr.
Object Number:
1952.97ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
34044
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:
1984.13
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:
34038
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Saucer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1795
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 6 in. ( 5.1 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Porcelain saucer with ribbed sides and shaped rim; border consists of blue enamelled dots between blue and gilt bands with secondary border of two intertwined gilt vines;enamelled ornament also includes pseudo arms of New York State; figures of liberty and justice flanking shield with scrolled border surmounted by an eagle.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.111f
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1795
eMuseum Object ID:
34019
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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