Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Havell plate no. 26
Date:
c. 1825
Object Number:
1863.17.26
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Assembled Set of Worcester blue and White Soft Paste: sugar lid and bowl
Object Number:
1957.291ab
Date:
1760-1775
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 12.1 x 12.1 cm )
Marks:
painted: on bottom: hatched crescent
Description:
Porcelain sugar bowl and its flattened ogee shaped lid with an open flower finial with two applied molded leaves; both printed in underglaze blue with floral sprays and butterflies; the interior circumference of the bowl and the exterior rim of the cover are painted with double lines in blue; the "Three Flowers" pattern.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
