Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 4 in. ( 9.2 x 14 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware pitcher with sprigged on classical figural groups (3) on blue middle ground and floral sprigs on orange ground of neck, raised bands around base and acanthus leaf under spout, angular handle.
Object Number:
INV.12752
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
32818
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plates (12) from fish set
Classification:
Date:
1870-1890
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
each: 1 x 9 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Twelve porcelain plates from fish set; plates have scalloped gilded edges; center and part of rim hand-painted in polychrome enamels with sea flora and fauna, including fish, seaweed, and shells. Factory mark, decorator's mark, and Latin inscription on underside of plates.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ione Sutton, 1995
Object Number:
1996.1d-o
Gallery Label:
These plates, part of a porcelain fish set, were a wedding present to New Yorker George W. Sutton, Jr. and Bostonian Margaret Bates Shaw, who were married in 1886. Each piece is hand-painted with different varieties of sea flora and fauna. The Suttons lived in Harlem at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 135th Street and moved to New Rochelle by 1899. Their cousin, Effingham Sutton, was responsible for developing Sutton Place about 1875.
Date Begin:
1870
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
32806
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sauceboat and tray
Classification:
Date:
1870-1890
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall (b: Sauceboat): 4 in. × 8 3/4 in. × 6 1/4 in. (10.2 × 22.2 × 15.9 cm)
Overall (c: Tray): 1 1/2 × 10 1/2 ×
Description:
Porcelain sauceboat and tray; sauceboat has pouring spout on each end and strap handle on each side; gilded edges; molded rope design near handles; oval foot; interior and exterior of sauceboat hand-painted in polychrome enamels with sea flora and fauna, including fish on interior, and seaweed, shell, and water insect on exterior. Pointed oval undertray with gilded edge; interior painted with seaweed, crab, and shell. Factory mark, decorator's mark, and Latin inscription on underside.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ione Sutton, 1995
Object Number:
1996.1b-c
Marks:
printed: in green on underside of sauceboat and tray: "H & Co."
painted: in red on underside of tray: "CRB"
written: in black enamel on underside of tray: "Ceramium"
Gallery Label:
This sauceboat and tray, part of a porcelain fish set, were a wedding present to New Yorker George W. Sutton, Jr. and Bostonian Margaret Bates Shaw, who were married in 1886. Each piece is hand-painted with different varieties of sea flora and fauna. The Suttons lived in Harlem at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 135th Street and moved to New Rochelle by 1899. Their cousin, Effingham Sutton, was responsible for developing Sutton Place about 1875.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
32804
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Platter
Classification:
Date:
1785-1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 17 5/8 x 14 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 44.8 x 36.8 cm )
Description:
"Famille Rose" platter pink trellis diaper border and large floral spry with rose at center and five smaller sprays; rust and gold fleur-de-les border around cavetto.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. M.E. Hewett Stebbins
Object Number:
1861.5
Gallery Label:
Dish belonging to the dinner set of John Hancock-see letter of Mrs. Hewett Stebbins dated April 23, 1861, on file and the minutes of the society, May 7, 1861. (Accession Record)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
32784
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1793
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 7 x 14 cm )
Description:
Porcelain bowl decorated with blue enamel band with gold stars on interior rim; exterior rim has a pattern of blue enamel linked diamonds and gilt circles; two birds facing each other, each holding a flower, are in an oval cartouche on either side of the bowl.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Carrie E. Karstens
Object Number:
1927.24
Gallery Label:
This bowl was given by Clarkson Crolius (1773-1843) to Elizabeth Meyer (d. 1858) at the time of their marriage in 1793. Crolius was a New York potter and politican.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1793
eMuseum Object ID:
32783
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fish platter
Classification:
Date:
1870-1890
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 10 in. ( 6.4 x 59.7 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Porcelain fish platter of elongated rectangular shape; scalloped edge with gilding; central portion and parts of rim hand-painted in polychrome enamels with sea flora and fauna, including starfish, seaweed, shells, and fish. Factory mark, decorator's mark and Latin inscription on underside of platter.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ione Sutton, 1995
Object Number:
1996.1a
Marks:
printed: in green on underside: "H & Co./L"
painted: in red on underside: "CRB" [decorator's mark]
written: in black enamel on underside: "Sphaenococcus Coronopifolius"
Gallery Label:
This platter, part of a porcelain fish set, was a wedding present to New Yorker George W. Sutton, Jr. and Bostonian Margaret Bates Shaw, who were married in 1886. Each piece is hand-painted with different varieties of sea flora and fauna. The Suttons lived in Harlem at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 135th Street and moved to New Rochelle by 1899. Their cousin, Effingham Sutton, was responsible for developing Sutton Place about 1875.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
32769
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fish set (15 pieces)
Classification:
Date:
1870-1890
Medium:
Porcelain
Description:
Fifteen-piece porcelain fish set consisting of fish platter, sauce boat and underplate, and 12 plates; all hand-painted with sea flora and fauna.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ione Sutton, 1995
Object Number:
1996.1a-o
Gallery Label:
This porcelain fish set was a wedding present to New Yorker George W. Sutton, Jr. and Bostonian Margaret Bates Shaw, who were married in 1886. Each piece is hand-painted with different varieties of sea flora and fauna. The Suttons lived in Harlem at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 135th Street and moved to New Rochelle by 1899. Their cousin, Effingham Sutton, was responsible for developing Sutton Place about 1875.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
32768
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 in. ( 2.5 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware plate with polychrome decoration; rim decoration with broad outline of yellow, with brown dashes and red and green dots; well outlined with double line of cobalt blue; center of well has painted representation of William of Orange and his wife, Mary, facing each other, with flowering stalk between them; underneath the portrait is inscribed "FSW - PVOR".
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Arthur T. Sutcliffe
Object Number:
1950.215
Marks:
painted: on well of plate beneath portraits: "FSW - PVOR"
Gallery Label:
This plate was used in the Beekman Mansion, built by James Beekman in 1763 near 51st Street and the East River. It was donated by a descendent of the Beekman family.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
32762
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teapot
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 11 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. ( 17.1 x 29.2 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Red earthenware teapot and lid with silver luster finish; flower finial, plain strap handle with spur, and S-shaped spout; teapot has overall boat shape with molded design of stippled diamonds and inverted bellflowers with fluting near base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number:
1936.789ab
Gallery Label:
Ceramic objects covered in silver luster were an inexpensive imitation of real silver. This teapot was owned in the family of Morris Ketchum (1796-1880), the donor's ancestor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
32731
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Platter: Highlands, Hudson River
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 23.5 x 19 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware platter with dark blue transfer print of Highlands, Hudson River; oval with pierced border; shell edge, central image of river scene with steamships in foreground and hills in distance. (Larsen, 3rd ed., no. 23)
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.292
Marks:
printed: on adhesive label on underside of platter: "253" [collector's label]
typed: on torn label on underside of platter: "Highla.../No. 399..../Rare in.../See Halsey.../Old China,..."
Gallery Label:
After the Revolutionary War, Staffordshire potteries in England manufactured a variety of transfer-printed wares that catered to American tastes. Scenes of Revolutionary War heroes, historic events, notable buildings, and the American landscape proved popular with American consumers. In the foreground of this view is the three-masted Hudson River steamer, "Chancellor Livingston," built by Robert Fulton in 1816.
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
32700
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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