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: 
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: 
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.

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