Sugar bowl with lid
Classification:
Date:
1812-1829
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 6 x 4 in. ( 12.7 x 15.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware sugar bowl with blue transfer print of City Hall, New York; rectangular shape with bulbous sides, short foliate handles at ends, and slightly domed rectangular lid with rectangular finial; top has floral border; sides of sugar bowl have image of City Hall.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.330ab
Marks:
printed: on collector's label on underside of sugar bowl: "294"
written: on jelly label on underside of sugar bowl and lid: "L243.29" [collector's number]
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1829
eMuseum Object ID:
32988
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cream pitcher
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 13.7 x 13.3 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Porcelain cream pitcher with broad border of salmon colored enamel outlining and accents in gilding; enamel borders are crossed by curving diaper-patterned bands of gilding.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. William D. Bloodgood
Object Number:
1939.420
Marks:
marked: on large pieces: "N14"
Gallery Label:
This cream pitcher belonged to Janet Livingston (1743-1828), wife of General Richard Montgomery (1738-1775).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
32987
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Plate
Classification:
Date:
1824-1836
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. ( 1.3 x 14 cm )
Description:
Molded earthenware (pearlware) plate transfer-printed in dark blue with scene of landing of General Lafayette at Castle Garden; floral border with beading around edge.
Object Number:
INV.14376
Marks:
impressed: on underside of plate: "CLEWS WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE" around crown
handwritten: on adhesive label attached to underside of plate: "LAR/125" (probably refers to Larsen, #125)
printed: below image on front of plate: "LANDING OF GEN. LA FAYETTE
Gallery Label:
Lafayette's much-celebrated return to America in 1824 was an enormously popular subject for Staffordshire pottery. New York's finest steamboats, the "Chancellor Livingston" and the "Robert Fulton," can be seen at the left; hundreds of people on the building's roof witness a cannon and artillery salute.
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
32965
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1824-1836
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 4 3/8 in. ( 0.6 x 11.1 cm )
Description:
Molded earthenware (pearlware) cup plate transfer-printed in dark blue with scene of landing of General Lafayette at Castle Garden; floral border with beading around edge.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.179
Marks:
impressed: on underside of plate: "CLEWS WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE" in circle around crown
printed: on adhesive label attached to underside of plate: "126"
printed: below image on front of plate: "LANDING OF GEN. LA FAYETTE/At Castle Garden New York/16th
Gallery Label:
Lafayette's much-celebrated return to America in 1824 was an enormously popular subject for Staffordshire pottery. New York's finest steamboats, the "Chancellor Livingston" and the "Robert Fulton," can be seen at the left; hundreds of people on the building's roof witness a cannon and artillery salute.
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
32962
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Punch bowl
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Date:
ca. 1795
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 11 1/2 in. ( 12.7 x 29.2 cm )
Place Made:
Asia, China
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1925.28
Gallery Label:
This Chinese export porcelain punch bowl belonged to Chancellor Robert R. Livingston. It is decorated with Masonic symbols, including a sun, moon, beehive, square and compass, and scythe. The bowl may have been presented to the Chancellor by his fellow Freemasons around 1795, on his fiftieth birthday. Robert R. Livingston served as grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of New York from 1784 to 1801, and oversaw the founding of eighty-three new lodges across New York State. When he administered the oath of office to President George Washington in 1789, Livingston used a Masonic pillow, further cementing the relationship between the ancient fraternal order and the growing American Republic.
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
32940
Sort order:
20
Exclude from TMS update:
Exclude from TMS update
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Plate: New York from Brooklyn Heights
Classification:
Date:
1820-1829
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 26 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware plate with dark blue transfer print of New York from Brooklyn Heights; printed floral border, with central image of bucolic scene with road, rider on horseback, and frame house; river with ships and buildings of Manhattan in distance. (Larsen 3rd ed. no. 105)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.311
Marks:
transfer-printed: in blue on underside of plate: [boy holding plaque] "New York/from Brooklyn Heights/by/W.G. Wall, Esqr. N.Y."
impressed: on underside of plate: "A. STEVENSON WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE" around crown
Gallery Label:
This transfer-printed view contrasts pastoral Brooklyn of ca. 1820 with the urban bustle of lower Manhattan. In the foreground is Fulton Street, and in the background is the "Nassau," built in 1814, the first steam ferryboat to travel between the city of New York and the village of Brooklyn.
Provenance:
Purchased by Mrs. J. Insley Blair from Ginsburg & Levy, Oct. 1932 ($85).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1829
eMuseum Object ID:
32933
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Pitcher: copper lustre
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 4 in. ( 14 x 13.3 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Redware pitcher with copper luster and molded with pairs of dancing women. Paper label affixed to underside.
Object Number:
INV.13449
Marks:
printed: labels: "WADEHEATH/WARE/ENGLAND"; "2.00"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
32906
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mustard pot
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1810-1830
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 3 in. ( 8.6 x 8.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Molded creamware (mochaware) bulbous mustard pot banded with caramel-brown slip around middle with tree-like spotches (4); incised fine bands near rim tinted green; handle, foot, and interior left white; with correspondingly decorated cover with notch and ball finial.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.12855ab
Marks:
written on Nadelman collection label on underside: "213 / Eng"
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
32851
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Pitcher depicting Jenny Lind
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 7 x 5 1/2 in. ( 22.2 x 17.8 x 14 cm )
Description:
Refined white earthenware pitcher with brown transfer-printed pattern of Jenny Lind; molded pitcher with bulbous body, gently paneled sides, large spout, and rococo reverse C-scroll handle; transfer design includes scrolls around border and central image of Jenny Lind in landscape, with classical building in background. Pitcher goes with wash bowl 1945.243a.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.243b
Marks:
printed: in brown on underside of base: "JENNY LIND [bird] J & MP BELL & CO."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
32848
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Pair of Figurines
Classification:
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
each: 4 3/8 x 2 x 1 3/4 in. ( 11.1 x 5.1 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Pair of porcelain figurines in the form of a woman with the head of a nightingale (meant to represent Jenny Lind); each figure of slightly different molded form; (a) represents woman in pink dress holding music in front of her, with nightingale head looking down; (b) represents woman in blue dress holding music down and head up; both figurines hollow.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.245ab
Marks:
printed: in purple on inside of each figurine: circular medallion with crown on top and "ROYAL WORCESTER ENGLAND" at bottom
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
32843
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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