After dinner coffee service

Classification: 
Date: 
1820-1830
Medium: 
Porcelain
Dimensions: 
See individual records
Description: 
Porcelain after dinner coffee service comprise of coffeepot with lid, teapot with lid, creamer, sugar with slid, waste bowl, set of 7 cups, set of 9 saucers; with gilded bands, handles, spouts, and cup interiors and green, black, and gold enamel decorations; decorations include cherubs involved in various activities, griffins, cornucopias, cannons, spears, and draperies; handles are scrolled and spouts are molded to resemble stylized bird heads and necks.
Object Number: 
INV.12753ab-12773
Gallery Label: 
This set belonged to either Margaret Bayard Rutgers or Margaret Bayard Baldwin.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1830
eMuseum Object ID: 
4920
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Waste bowl

Classification: 
Date: 
1820-1830
Medium: 
Porcelain
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 x 8 in. ( 10.2 x 20.3 cm )
Description: 
Porcelain coffee set including a waste bowl with gilded bands, handles, spouts, and cup interiors and green, black, and gold enamel decorations; decorations include cherubs involved in various activities, griffins, cornucopias, cannons, spears, and draperies; handles are scrolled and spouts are molded to resemble stylized bird heads and necks.
Object Number: 
INV.12757
Gallery Label: 
The donor of this set is either Margaret Bayard Rutgers or Margaret Bayard Baldwin.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1830
eMuseum Object ID: 
4916
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Teapot with lid

Classification: 
Date: 
1820-1846
Medium: 
Earthenware
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 1/4 x 10 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. ( 18.4 x 26.7 x 13.3 cm )
Description: 
Molded pearlware footed bombé form with broken scrolling handle and spout with canted corners, molded tripartite knob handles, irregularly scalloped erect rim around rectangular opening, step-domed lid with single flange finial printed dark blue with view of single sail skiff on water with building on shore, tower above tree line, either side, with irregular shell borders.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number: 
1961.323ab
Marks: 
incised: on base: "C" (crescent) printed: labels: 'No.64 Hearst sale Nov. 19 193[?]/ Originally form the Dr. Pleas/ant Hunter Collection 1920./Merritt Collection No. 312" and "Purchased of Mrs. Walker/[?]er, Shelborne Falls, Mass./September 1937./At sam
Gallery Label: 
The teapot shows a view of Wadsworth Tower(Connecticut) which was built in 1810.
Provenance: 
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1846
eMuseum Object ID: 
4883
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Saucer: Thomas Viaduct, 1835

Classification: 
Date: 
1925-1929
Medium: 
Whiteware
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 15.9 cm )
Description: 
Whiteware plate with blue transfer printed train engine border and view of railroad bridge spanning river (Thoams Viaduct)
Credit Line: 
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number: 
1929.68
Marks: 
printed: on obverse: "THOMAS VIADUCT, 1835" printed: on reverse: "SCAMMELL'S/LAMBERTON CHINA/PATENT APPLIED FOR"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1929
eMuseum Object ID: 
4850
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 blue line and brown and blue flower border.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Fluekiger in memory of Florence Elsworth Wilson (Mrs. R. Thorton Wilson)
Object Number: 
1955.194
Marks: 
printed: on reverse: "2-FF/SYRACUSE/China/U.S.A" printed: on obverse: "The/ D & H" 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: 
4847
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Saucer

Classification: 
Date: 
1830-1860
Medium: 
Earthenware
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 14 cm )
Description: 
Molded pearlware twelve-sided saucer with deep cavetto, printed in grey/blue with central view of walled city on body of water, mountains in distance, couple in foreground on terraced, lush bank; border with medallions of central view.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Rocellus S. Guernsey and her daughter Mrs. Eva Guernsey
Object Number: 
1933.27
Marks: 
impressed: on base: "6"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1860
eMuseum Object ID: 
4840
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Plate: The Presidents House Washington

Classification: 
Medium: 
Earthenware
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 10 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 26.7 cm )
Description: 
Molded pearlware plate with irregularly scalloped rim and transfer-printed in black with central view of the White House with park in the foreground; printed floral border.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number: 
1961.167
Marks: 
printed: on base:"THE/PRESIDENTS HOUSE/WASHINGTON/ (ON SWAG) JACKSONS WARRANTED"
Provenance: 
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
0
eMuseum Object ID: 
4830
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Teapot

Classification: 
Date: 
1820-1840
Medium: 
Earthenware
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 10.8 x 14.6 x 8.9 cm )
Description: 
Miniature pearlware teapot with blue transfer print of rustic landscape on either side.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild
Object Number: 
1928.12ab
Marks: 
marked: on underside: 5 blue dots in the form of an "X"
Gallery Label: 
Possibly from a child's tea set.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1840
eMuseum Object ID: 
4809
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Plate: Hudson River View

Classification: 
Date: 
1819-1836
Medium: 
Earthenware
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 10 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 27.3 cm )
Description: 
Glazed earthenware scallop edge plate decorated with blue and white transfer printed image of a house on hill overlooking a river and mountains surrounded by a border of birds, roses, and scrolls.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number: 
1961.137a
Marks: 
printed: on back: "Picturesque Views/Near Fishkill/Hudson River"
Provenance: 
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1836
eMuseum Object ID: 
4789
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pitcher

Classification: 
Date: 
1851-1861
Medium: 
Earthenware
Dimensions: 
Overall: 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. ( 31.8 x 19 cm )
Description: 
Light blue transfer printed pitcher with octagonal foot and facets; the pitcher tapers upwards to the neck; the body of the picture depicts a landscape with male and female figures in the foreground; one male figure looks through the telescope at a castle with a river and mountains behind ; the border pattern is composed of grapes on a grape vine and features a classical temple in various places (Jenny Lind's castle).
Credit Line: 
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number: 
1945.278b
Marks: 
printed: in blue at bottom: at center of grape vine cartouche: "JENNY LIND/ C M & S"
Gallery Label: 
According to the donor, the view seen here was already being produced by the potters under a different name; however, when Jenny Lind bought the castle depicted, the name was changed in her honor.
Provenance: 
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1861
eMuseum Object ID: 
4778
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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