Saucer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1780-1820
Medium:
porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 in. × 5 3/4 in. (3.2 × 14.6 cm)
Description:
Porcelain saucer, Nanking pattern with hand-painted blue underglaze decoration; spear and post border with gilding inside rims and gilding on rim edges; island motif (willow design) on exterior of cup at center of saucer.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Charles A. Kip
Object Number:
1941.321b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
10159
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1788
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. ( 6.4 x 36.8 cm )
Description:
Molded or wheelthrown plate with thick rounded rim; on obverse, slip-trailed decoration of a peacock in center with surrounding borders of bands and wavy lines and double loop motifs (or guilloche) with iron oxide and copper green under lead glaze.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.267
Marks:
written: in slip on obverse: "1788"
Bibliography:
H.E. Comstock, The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region (Winston Salem, NC: MESDA, 1994).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1788
eMuseum Object ID:
10113
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Saucer
Classification:
Medium:
porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 6 in. ( 2.5 x 15.2 cm )
Object Number:
1923.129a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
9778
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1765-1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 in. ( 29.2 cm )
Description:
Cabbage leaf molded mask pitcher, with face of sleepy bearded man below lip with C scroll handle; ovoid body printed in underglaze blue with three naturalistic flower groups, each separated by a butterfly; straight cylindrical neck printed with two fruit garlands; top bordered by broad band of molded pointed leaves; handle has a flower spray.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Charles E. Dunlap
Object Number:
1952.23b
Marks:
maker's mark: hatched crescent
Gallery Label:
Worcester had problems with the glaze, especially on the neck and two of the three big flower groups. BFS II C 8 A may be the pattern "Heavy Naturalistic Floral Print."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
9621
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Classification:
Date:
1851-1861
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 14 in. ( 12.1 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Pearlware bowl; light blue transfer printed grape vine and lace border and pastoral view of a castle (Jenny Lind's castle).
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.278a
Marks:
stamped: on reverse: "Improved/Stone China"
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
9619
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: Atheneum Boston
Classification:
Date:
1814-1830
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. ( 1.3 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
Blue transfer printed plate with central image depicting the Boston Atheneum with two figures in the foreground; the border pattern is floral.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.136
Marks:
printed: in blue on back of plate: "BEAUTIES OF AMERICA/ ATHENEUM/BOSTON/J &W RIDGWAY"; "6"
hand written: in black ink: "75"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
9385
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: Mt. Tom Summit House, Holyoke, Mass.
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
ceramic
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 6 in. ( 2.5 x 15.2 cm )
Object Number:
1945.281
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
9380
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: Jenny Lind's castle
Classification:
Date:
1851-1861
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 9 in. ( 1.9 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Pearlware plate; blue transfer printed grapevine and lace border with pastoral view of castle (Jenny Lind's castle).
Credit Line:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.303a
Marks:
stamped: on reverse: "INDIAN/STONE/CHINA......"
printed: on reverse: "JENNY LIND/Ye olde Hall Potterie/STAFFPORDSHIRE/ENGLAND/estab 1795"
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
9377
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jar
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 1 7/8 in. ( 5.1 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Wheelthrown cylindrical stoneware jar with narrow central opening with rolled rim; salt-glazed with minute brown flecks.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.12859
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:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
9010
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Inkwell
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 in. ( 2.5 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Wheelthrown redware inkwell with straight sides and rounded top, pierced once on top near low-rimmed central opening; three iron brown splotches under a lead glaze that extends to base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.566
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:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
9009
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pages
