Charger
Classification:
Date:
1702-1713
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 14 in. ( 6.4 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware charger with the Duke of Marlborough in armor holding a baton flanked by initials "DM" with blue and yellow lines and blue dashes on rim painted and sponged in blue, yellow, and green on white ground; charger has buff-colored earthenware body with foot rim with opaque white tin-glaze on obverse and reverse; three stilt marks on obverse; string tied around foot ring.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.57
Marks:
painted: on obverse; "DM"
printed: tag on base; "F q., S.W. / Guaranteed Genuine"
Gallery Label:
John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) was an English General noted for his victories in the War of Spanish Succession (1702-1713), especially at the battle of Blenheim (1704). He served William III, Anne, and George I.
According to Michael Archer, the charger was made in London, possibly Norfolk House in Lambeth. According to John Austin, it was made in Bristol.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1713
eMuseum Object ID:
24464
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Charger
Classification:
Date:
1702-1715
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. ( 6.4 x 34.9 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware charger with Queen Anne sitting between trees wearing a crown and holding an orb and sceptre and flanked by initials "AR" with blue and yellow lines and blue dashes on rim painted and sponged in blue, yellow, and green on white ground; charger has buff-colored earthenware body with foot rim with opaque white tin-glaze on obverse; clear greenish-yellow lead glaze on reverse; three stilt marks on obverse; string tied around foot ring.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.58
Marks:
printed: tag on base; "FROM/ STONER & EVANS/ 3, KING ST.,/ St. James' Sq., S.W./ Guaranteed Genuine"
painted: on obverse; "AR"
Gallery Label:
Anne Stuart, Queen of England, ruled from 1702 - 1714.
According to Michael Archer, the charger was made in London, possibly Norfolk House in Lambeth. According to John Austin, it was made in Bristol. The initials "AR" stand for "Anna Regina."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1715
eMuseum Object ID:
24461
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Delft Figural Salt Cellar in the Form of a Seated Boy
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1673
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 3 x 4 in. ( 19.7 x 7.6 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Press-molded tin-glazed earthenware salt in the form of a seated figure of a young man holding a basin, which serves as a receptacle for salt; inside of basin inscribed "P" over "I S" and "1673"; painted in blue with green base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Nathaniel McLean Sage
Object Number:
1974.12
Marks:
painted: inside basin: "P" over "I:S" and "1673"
Gallery Label:
This saltcellar takes the form of a seated servant holding an oval basin. Figural salts are rare: this example is one of five known figures from the same mold.
Bibliography:
Krohn, Deborah, Peter Miller, and Marybeth De Filippis, eds., "Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta van Varick." New York: Bard Graduate Center, New-York Historical Society, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009, p. 297
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1673
eMuseum Object ID:
24420
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Blue and white decorative dish
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1703
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 19 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. ( 5.7 x 49.5 x 41.3 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware oval molded dish with wide rim; white tin glaze decorated in blue with an unclothed woman representing fecundity seated among columns, draperies, leaded windows, and five small children. Flower baskets and masks on the rim and floral sprays and birds in wells. Date (1703) and initials(W over W G) painted in window.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.270
Marks:
painted: on dish in window: "1703" "W" and "W G"
Gallery Label:
The design of this dish is copied from lead-glazed wares made by the sixteenth-century French potter Bernard Palissy. English examples were probably cast from a mold made from the earlier French models. This example dates later than any of the seventeen known dated examples of the fecundity motif, which all fall within the dates 1633 to 1697. A similar example, from the collection of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little, sold at Sotheby's, October 21-22, 1994.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1703
eMuseum Object ID:
24418
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Set of three cups
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 7.3 x 9.5 x 7 cm )
Description:
Porcelain cups with handle; blue underglaze flowers and fretwork; red, yellow, and green overglaze enamel.
Object Number:
INV.13304-13306
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24402
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher: floral pattern
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 6 in. ( 21.6 x 21 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Pearlware pitcher with silver luster decoration; baluster-shaped body with wide spout and strap handle with trifid attachment at base; silver resist luster decoration with flowers and trailing vines painted with enamel highlights; yellow rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Jean Morron and Mr. and Mrs. L.R. Burch in memory of John R. Morron and Belle G. Morron
Object Number:
1951.234a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24387
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl: lustreware w/painted floral design
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. ( 11.4 x 31.1 cm )
Description:
Pearlware washbowl with silver luster decoration; ogee shape with flaring rim; silver resist luster decoration with flowers and trailing vines painted with enamel highlights; yellow rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Jean Morron and Mr. and Mrs. L.R. Burch in memory of John R. Morron and Belle G. Morron
Object Number:
1951.234b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24386
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: "The 400"
Classification:
Date:
1950-1955
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 26.7 cm )
Description:
Molded circular whiteware plate printed in black with scene of train in landscape; painted with yellow, brown, and green enamel; inscriptions on front and back.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dora Whitman Flukiger
Object Number:
1955.211
Marks:
printed: in red below train: "The 400"
printed: in blue on reverse: "SHENANGO CHINA/ NEW CASTLE PA."; "The Famous "400"/ BUILT WITH IMAGINATION. . . A SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT OF ENGINEERING GENIUS AND DECORATIVE ORIGINALITY . . . A TRAIN WORTHY TO CARRY ON T
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1955
eMuseum Object ID:
24263
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: "Erie"
Classification:
Date:
ca.1951
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 10 1/8 in. ( 2.2 x 25.7 cm )
Description:
Molded circular whiteware plate printed in brown with central scene of figures, railroad engine, and river, and brim decoration of railroad, tracks, railroad bridge, and station; inscriptions on brim and reverse.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Flukiger
Object Number:
1955.210
Marks:
printed: in borwn around rim: "1851-1951"; "100th/ ANNIVERSARY/ Great Lakes to/ the Sea/ ERIE RAILROAD"
printed: in brown around rim: "ERIE" twice; "ERIE'S CENTENNIAL YEAR"
printed: in brown on reverse: "President of the Untied States, Millard Fillmore
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1951
eMuseum Object ID:
24219
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1930-1940
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 21.6 cm )
Description:
Whiteware plate with gray rim; transfer-printed or decaled scene of gray steam engine and tender marked "NEW HAVEN" with two passenger cars superimpossed on a red map of the coast of New York and New England, with a three-masted sailing vessel at lower right, a whale at upper right, and a group of trees and mountains at upper left.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Flukiger
Object Number:
1955.262
Marks:
stamped: on reverse in red with buffalo; "BUFFALO/ CHINA/ MADE EXPRESSLY/ FOR/ N-Y-N-H & H-R-R/ FURNISHED BY/ ROMESON WINCHESTER/ BOSTON"
written: on tag on reverse; "New Haven RR/ (Started this / colection)/ June 1951"
stamped: on reverse in green; "F
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
23810
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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