Commode with cover from wash stand set
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Semi-porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 10 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. ( 18.4 x 27.3 x 22.2 cm )
Description:
Molded whiteware covered commode (or change pot) with appendages in low relief and decorated with printed floral decals in brown and hand-painted violet, blue, pink, yellow with feathered golden edges and painted stylized leaves and geometric motifs near the appendages.
Credit Line:
Purchase from the Estate of Charles G. Thompson
Object Number:
1942.649cd
Marks:
printed: in brown on base: "Royal Semi-Porcelain/ (crown)/ Johnson Bros./England"
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, these pieces are semi-porcelain.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
5439
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1946-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 in. ( 2.5 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Whiteware plate with red band border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Fluekiger in memory of Florence Elsworth Wilson (Mrs. R. Thorton Wilson)
Object Number:
1955.196
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "SYRACUSE CHINA/ECONO-RIM/RR4/TRADEMARK"
typed: paper label: identifies railroad
Gallery Label:
This plate is part of the Hotel Dauphin Collection of railroad china and dining car plates.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1955
eMuseum Object ID:
5425
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Saucer: portrait of Franklin Roosevelt
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1930-1960
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 6 in. ( 1.9 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Molded porcelain plate with scrolled edges and decorated with a central black transfer printed image of the Griffin Institute in Round Lake, N.Y.; rim decorated with gold band.
Object Number:
INV.13555
Marks:
printed: on obverse: "THE GRIFFIN INSTITUTE/ ROUND LAKE, N.Y."
printed: on reverse: "MADE IN GERMANY/ RULISON & GARNSEY/ ROUND LAKE, N.Y."
Gallery Label:
The image of the Griffin Institute is a photographic transfer.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
5419
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate warmer
Classification:
Medium:
Earthenware, tinned sheet iron, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 11 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. ( 4.1 x 29.2 x 26.7 cm )
Description:
Circular earthenware plate with blue transfer printed border of roses, ribbon, meander bands glazed and fitted with a metal base with two bale handles either side and a covered spout.
Object Number:
INV. 13604
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5418
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1815-1825
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 6 x 4 in. ( 14.6 x 15.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Pearlware pitcher with molded hunting scenes, one side with two seated men with rifles and dog, and other side with two men with dogs, and a dead rabbit; molded grapevine at neck, purple luster highlights, pink and green decoartive highlights, molded flutes at base with purple luster decorations.
Object Number:
INV.12593
Marks:
hand written: on bottom of base: collector's label "#52"; oval jelly label "1333"
Gallery Label:
This pearlware pitcher is also known as pratt ware.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
5394
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Set of six plates
Classification:
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 4 7/8 in. ( 1.9 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Molded whiteware plates painted with underglaze blue border patterns of open lozenges, three deep on white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Edna H. Robertson
Object Number:
1942.409r-w
Marks:
impressed: on base of plates: circular "Davenport" with anchor; "LSA"
Gallery Label:
This type of whiteware was also known as ironstone.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5388
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: Landing of Columbus
Classification:
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 26.7 cm )
Description:
Maroon transfer printed earthenware plate with scalloped edges; central image depicts Columbus and an officer in the foreground, ships, and Indians in the background; border pattern is composed of four vignettes showing animals and also flowers and scrolls.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.172
Marks:
printed: on back in maroon (partially covered by paper labels): anchor with oval in front with " Columbus" inscribed ; beneath in a banner " W.A. & S."
hand written: affixed to back: paper label "Landing of Columbus/ Companion and three officers at his l
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
5368
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apothecary bottle with cover
Classification:
Date:
17th century
Medium:
Delftware
Dimensions:
a: 5 x 3 3/8 in.; b::2 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
Tin- glazed earthenware wheel thrown cylindrical vessel with rounded shoulder and foot hand painted in blue with two putti, one wielding a staff with entwined serpent and the other holding a wine bladder; both are holding a banner; cylindrical sheet brass with finial.
Object Number:
INV.14994cd
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
5366
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apothecary bottle with cover
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1750
Medium:
Tin-glazed earthenware, brass
Dimensions:
Overall (a): 5 in. × 3 3/8 in. (12.7 × 8.6 cm)
Overall (b): 2 in. × 2 5/8 in. (5.1 × 6.7 cm)
Description:
Tin- glazed earthenware wheel thrown cylindrical vessel with rounded shoulder and foot hand painted in blue with two putti, one wielding a staff with entwined serpent and the other holding a wine bladder; both are holding a banner; cylindrical sheet brass with finial.
Object Number:
INV.14995ab
Marks:
hand painted: in blue on base: " "
hand painted: in blue on base and on banner: "P"
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. 300-1
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1760
eMuseum Object ID:
5365
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jug
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1690
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 6 x 6 1/2 in. ( 24.1 x 15.2 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Tin- glazed earthenware jug with bulbous body and narrow upper strap handle extending from neck to middle body; hand painted portraits and initials of William and Mary on front in underglaze blue.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.153
Marks:
painted: on front in underglaze blue: " W M R"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1690
eMuseum Object ID:
5364
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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