Plate
Classification:
Date:
1810-1820
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. ( 4.4 x 19.7 cm )
Description:
Blue underglazed octagonal plate with gilded edge; trellis border bounded below by spears and posts; central view of Chinese river scene with buildings.
Object Number:
INV.13052
Gallery Label:
This type of plate is known as early 'Canton ware.'
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
37850
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: ships in harbor motif
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1740
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 9 in. ( 3.2 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Porcelain plate with deep well; double border of black, turquoise, and gilt bands with golds and rust fleur-de-lis surrounding central polychrome harbor scene; the scene includes two fully rigged Dutch 'East Indianmen' flying red flags, some smaller boats, and a town; it is surrounded by a polychrome enamel scrolling cartouche.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.269
Gallery Label:
This scene may be of Batavia or some other Dutch outpost. Other examples of this plate can be found at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1740
eMuseum Object ID:
37849
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 in. ( 2.5 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Porcelain plate with dished rim; decorated with penciled sepia trellis diaper and butterfly border ("Fitzhugh style"); central roundel with spear and post border and alternating diaper and animal figure panels containing an "H" for Hone family.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Louise Starr
Object Number:
1985.13
Marks:
painted: at center of roundel: "H"
Gallery Label:
This piece is part of a dinner service given as a wedding gift to John Hone II and Miss Marie Antoinette Kane (m. 1818). He was the nephew of Philip Hone (1780-1851), the prominent New York businessman, politican, and diarist.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
37847
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tea caddy and cover
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1793
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 14 x 8.3 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Porcelain tea caddy and cover; decorated with band of blue enamel with gold stars around shoulders; a band of blue enamel linked diamonds and gilt circles around base; two birds facing each other, each holding a flower are in an oval cartouche on either side of the caddy; the lid has a berry knop and blue leaf.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Carrie E. Karstens
Object Number:
1927.17ab
Gallery Label:
This tea caddy was given by Clarkson Crolius (1773-1843) to Elizabeth Meyer (ca. 1774-1856) at the time of their marriage in 1793. Crolius was a New York potter and politician. Caddies such as this were used to store precious tea leaves.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1793
eMuseum Object ID:
37815
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Covered pitcher with portrait of George Washington
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1810-20
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 9 x 6 1/2 in. ( 28.6 x 22.9 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Porcelain covered pitcher with gilt reeded intertwined handle with gilt blossom and branch terminals; domed cover with gilt rim and foo dog knop; gilt beaded oval medallion with grisaille portrait of George Washington and identical medallion on opposite side with gilt initials of Benjamin Hoppin.
Credit Line:
Permanent Loan from the Beekman Family Association, 1965
Object Number:
1965.3ab
Marks:
gilded: on exterior: "BH" within gilt beaded border
Gallery Label:
This covered pitcher, or cider jug, bears the gilt initials of Providence merchant Benjamin Hoppin (1777-1865). Hoppin was a partner in the firm of Wetmore, Hoppin & Co., a New York subsidiary of the large Providence firm Edward Carrington & Co., which engaged chiefly in the China trade and textile manufacturing. One side of the pitcher is decorated with a grisaille portrait of Washington from a stipple engraving by David Edwin after the portrait by Gilbert Stuart. The pitcher was intended for cider or 'small beer' (beer low in alcohol content).
Provenance:
Estate of Mrs. G. Beekman Hoppin
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
37813
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
1847-1858
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 in. ( 19 x 9.5 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Molded parian baluster shaped vase with female figure in a fluid gown in an open floral cartouche, either side around main body and stylized bands at rim, shoulder, and foot with cluster of grapes in high relief on each side; stippled background.
Object Number:
INV.13639
Gallery Label:
The United States Pottery Company (1847 - 1858) produced ornamental objects including yellow ware with Rockingham and flint enamel glazes, agate and granite wares, porcelain and parian. Technically innovative, the United States Pottery Company gained national prominence when its wares were featured in the 1853 Crystal Palace Exhibition in New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1858
eMuseum Object ID:
37715
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Beaker vase
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1937
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 20.3 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Beaker vase with flaring lip transfer printed in blue with portrait of Edward VIII inside oval medallion with scrolling border, and crown and initials inside wreath, and four small clusters.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number:
1957.15c
Marks:
printed: in blue beneath portrait: "CORONATION OF EDWARD VIII/MAY 1937"
printed: inside wreath: " E VII R"
printed: on bottom: "Spode-Copeland/Contribution to the Cornonation of/His Majesty King Edwrad VIII/ Specially produced as a Souvenir/ May 1937" a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1937
eMuseum Object ID:
37711
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pair of pierced footed bowls
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850-1860
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. ( 19 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Pair of undecorated porcelain basketweave bowls, circular with flared rim, with foot terminating in square base; base held to basket by bolt.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Isabella Vaché Cox
Object Number:
1933.210ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
37680
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup and saucer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1770
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 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:
1940.44ab
Marks:
painted: on saucer reverse and beneath cup base: blue underglaze lines
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1770
eMuseum Object ID:
37670
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 )
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Augustus Van Horne Ellis
Object Number:
1940.42ab
Marks:
painted: on saucer and beneath cup base: blue underglaze crossed lines and star
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1770
eMuseum Object ID:
37639
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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