Cup
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 4 1/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 6 x 10.5 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Flaring cup with angular, spurred handle, transfer printed in blue with Chinese river scene with buildings and junk; interior border of blue-on-blue bands with diamonds bounded by feather edge bands, spear and post border, and gold bands.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number:
1936.732
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
2490
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup and saucer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1770
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
cup: 2 x 3 3/4 x 3 in. ( 5.1 x 9.5 x 7.6 cm )
saucer: 1 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. ( 3.2 x 13 cm )
Description:
Porcelain cup with handle and saucer; double row of molded reeding in interior; painted purple enamel rock and chrysanthemum pattern; gilt rim, foot, and handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Augustus Van Horne Ellis
Object Number:
1940.41ab
Marks:
painted: in blue underglaze on saucer reverse and beneath cup base: crossed lines
painted: beneath saucer: enameller's mark "E"
Gallery Label:
This cup and saucer are part of the tea service 1940.37-45.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1770
eMuseum Object ID:
2483
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1951
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 10.2 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Porcelain pitcher molded leaf body and face spout and broken scroll handle; black transfer printed floral vines, coat of arms, port scene (Worcester Porcelain Manufactory).
Credit Line:
Gift of the Worcester Royal Porcelain Co.
Object Number:
1952.108
Marks:
printed: beneath base:"BICENTENARY/51/ROYAL WORCESTER/BONE CHINA/C51/MADE IN ENGLAND"
printed: on exterior base: "A West Prospect of the WORCESTER PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY COMPANY~1757"
printed: on interior lip: "1751-ROYAL WORCESTER-1951"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1951
eMuseum Object ID:
2467
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creamer
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. ( 8.3 x 8.9 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Child's porcelain tea set composed of fifteen pieces including a creamer; 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:
1935.5a
Marks:
painted: in red on bottom of many pieces: "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:
2439
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figurine: Johanna Marie Lind, ("Jenny", 1820-1887)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1851-1861
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 3 1/4 x 2 5/8 in. ( 20.3 x 8.3 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Glazed earthenware figurine on oval base; standing female figure in floor-length green petticoat with short blue skirt with orange lining and open front, blue bodice and white collar, holding a curled piece of paper in proper right hand; "JENNY LIND" impressed and painted in gold on front of base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.234a
Marks:
impressed and painted: on front of base: "JENNY LIND"
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
2438
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher: Skenectady on the Mohawk River
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1831-1835
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 7 in. ( 24.8 x 22.2 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Earthenware pitcher with molded foot, scrolled handle, panelled body (concave on upper portion, convex on lower portion); black transfer printed flower, scrolls, and feather on lip, spout, handle, and vase; view of city (Schenectady,NY) repeated twice on body.
Object Number:
1961.312
Marks:
printed: beneath base: "Skenectady[sic]/on the/Mohawk River/JACKSON'S WARRANTED"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
2427
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1640-1670
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 1/2 in. ( 13 x 13 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with reddish-buff colored body, white glaze, and painted polychrome deocration; tulip growing from bulb in diamond-shaped frame with saw-tooth edge and curls at each point, fleur-de-lis corner corner motifs; tile chipped with losses to left side and upper right corner.
Object Number:
Z.788
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1670
eMuseum Object ID:
2412
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Crock
Classification:
Medium:
ceramic
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 11 in. ( 30.5 x 27.9 cm )
Object Number:
1928.658
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
2385
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: Baltimore, Exchange
Classification:
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 in. ( 2.5 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Circular molded pearlware plate with slightly molded edge; dark blue transfer printed fruit and flower border and central scene of building (Baltimore Exchange) in a square with figures in foreground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.157
Marks:
printed: on reverse rim: "EXCHANGE BALTIMORE" [in floral border]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
2380
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tea service
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
see individual records
Description:
Porcelain tea set with border of fine intertwining branches in gilding and green enamel; additional gilding on rims, edges, seams, and highlighting finials and handles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
1941.141ab-223
Marks:
printed: in oval on underside of each piece: "HAVILAND & CO./DOUBLE GILDING/LIMOGES"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
2364
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.






