Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Covered sugar bowl and creamer
Object Number:
1957.69a-c
Date:
ca. 1866
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Part (creamer): 6 x 4 1/2 x 4 in. (15.2 x 11.4 x 10.2 cm)
Part (sugar bowl): 7 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 5 in. (18.4 x 14.6 x 12.7
Marks:
painted: in gold on bottom of each piece: "9c"
Description:
Porcelain sugar bowl and creamer with "cable pattern" and band of gilding near base of handle.
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this sugar bowl and creamer were made to celebrate the laying of Atlantic cable in 1866.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles Francis Potter
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
