Collection Highlights
I Knew Him Horatio
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Horatio
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Sugar bowl
Object Number:
1969.18c
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 6 x 4 in. ( 10.2 x 15.2 x 10.2 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: in gold in shield: "JEG"
Description:
Porcelain sugar bowl with molded foot and two reeded entwined handles with leaf and blossom terminals; iron red and gold lappet band around exterior rim and gilt band around interior rim; iron red and gold corn husk band around foot; and polychromed enamel pseudo arms of New York State with gilt initials in shield appears twice on bowl exterior.
Gallery Label:
This sugar bowl is a part of a set that belonged to John Greenwood (1760-1819) and Elizabeth (Weaver) Greenwood (1764-1831) of New York.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mary MacKaye Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
