Collection Highlights
"In relation to Foreign Nations." Draft of Federalist #64
Date:
ca. 1788
Object Number:
MSS.JohnJayPapers.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sugar bowl and lid
Object Number:
1957.291cd
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 bowl and its ogee-shaped lid with open-flower finial is transfer-printed in underglaze blue with the "Three Flowers" pattern; and the lid is printed in the "Fence" pattern; a double blue painted line outlines the inerior circumference of the bowl and exterior circumference of the top.
Gallery Label:
In later years (from the 1770's) on, the sugar bowl cover became more domed and less flat.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
