Saucer
Classification:
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 5 3/4 in. ( 2.9 x 14.6 cm )
Description:
Circular porcelain saucer; overglazed red (or carmine) double border and transfer printed- Boston Court House.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.217
Marks:
printed: on obverse: "COURT HOUSE, BOSTON"
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
5037
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tea plates
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 5 1/2 in. ( 1.6 x 14 cm )
Description:
One of a set of five tea plates. Child's porcelain tea set composed of fifteen pieces including four saucers; the set is decorated with blue underglaze stripes bordered by copper luster with brown enamel herringbone strips between.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
1935.5n
Marks:
painted: in red on bottom: "93"
Gallery Label:
This set was presented to Mrs. Irving McKesson (Mary Henderson-1850-1911), when she was a child by her mother's cousin, Mary Merritt, wife of John P. Haines and daughter of Julia Douglas Merritt of Irvington on the Hudson.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
5035
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup and saucer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1865
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
cup: 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 2 in. ( 4.4 x 6.4 x 5.1 cm )
saucer: 3/4 x 4 in. ( 1.9 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Porcelain cup with panelled sides and molded saucer.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Robert C. Taylor
Object Number:
1945.384ab
Marks:
gilded: on cup exterior: "Secession is played out."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
5036
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Saucers
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 4 5/8 in. ( 2.2 x 11.7 cm )
Description:
One of a set of four saucers. Child's porcelain tea set composed of fifteen pieces including four saucers; the set is decorated with blue underglaze stripes bordered by copper luster with brown enamel herringbone strips between.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
1935.5f
Marks:
painted: in red on bottom: "93"
Gallery Label:
This set was presented to Mrs. Irving McKesson (Mary Henderson-1850-1911), when she was a child by her mother's cousin, Mary Merritt, wife of John P. Haines and daughter of Julia Douglas Merritt of Irvington on the Hudson.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
5034
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teapot with lid
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 3 in. ( 13.3 x 13.3 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Child's porcelain tea set composed of fifteen pieces including a teapot with lid; the set is decorated with blue underglaze stripes bordered by copper luster with brown enamel herringbone strips between.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
1935.5e
Marks:
painted: in red on bottom: "93"
Gallery Label:
This set was presented to Mrs. Irving McKesson (Mary Henderson-1850-1911), when she was a child by her mother's cousin, Mary Merritt, wife of John P. Haines and daughter of Julia Douglas Merritt of Irvington on the Hudson.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
5031
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Soap dish w/cork and insert
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Semi-porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 6 in. ( 12.7 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Molded whiteware three piece soap dish with handles 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
Object Number:
1942.649jkl
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:
5026
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish
Classification:
Date:
1940-1950
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 19.7 x 14 cm )
Description:
Set of four molded whiteware dishes, each representing a raised and painted image of a locomotive, and each plate has pierced holes for wall mounting
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Fluekiger in memory of Florence Elsworth Wilson
Object Number:
1955.234-237
Marks:
impressed: on underside of all dishes: "Alexander"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
5022
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish
Classification:
Date:
1940-1950
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 19.7 x 14 cm )
Description:
Set of four molded whiteware dishes, each representing a raised and painted image of a locomotive, and each plate has pierced holes for wall mounting
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Fluekiger in memory of Florence Elsworth Wilson
Object Number:
1955.234
Marks:
impressed: on front: "CENTRAL R.R. OF NEW JERSEY/ 1870" and "STAR"
Gallery Label:
The "Star" was a 'superintendent' or an inspection engine rebuilt from an 1860 Danforth- Cooke locomotive at the company's Elizabethport shops.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
5021
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Saucer
Classification:
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 4 in. ( 1.3 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Black transfer printed molded earthenware saucer with image of railway car at center; the border pattern is composed of alternating dark and light triangles and covered with a band of yellow overglaze; the central image is decorated with pink and yellow overglaze.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Fluekiger
Object Number:
1955.242
Marks:
printed: in black on back : between two scrolls "Railway"
Gallery Label:
This saucer is part of the Hotel Dauphin Collection of railroad china and dining car plates.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
5020
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher: Old South Church
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1895
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 13.3 x 18.4 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Bulbous white-bodied pearlware molded pitcher with rounded handle, cylindrical neck; printed in blue on either side view of church tower and surrounding buildings, floral border and geometric border on handle. (Old South Church, Boston)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
1941.224
Marks:
printed: on base: "OLD SOUTH CHURCH/WASHINGTON &MILK STS./TEA PARTY MET HERE/1773", "COPYRIGHT J.McD & S/1895", "C", "SOLE IMPORTERS/ JONES McDUFFEE & STRATTON/BOSTON (in circle with lion)", "WEDGWOOD/ETRURIA ENGLAND"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
4989
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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