Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Sugar bowl with lid
Object Number:
1935.5d
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 3 in. ( 11.4 x 9.8 x 7.6 cm )
Marks:
painted: in red on bottom: "93"
Description:
Child's porcelain tea set composed of fifteen pieces including a sugar bowl with lid; the set is decorated with blue underglaze stripes bordered by copper luster with brown enamel herringbone strips between.
Gallery Label:
This set was presented to Mrs. Irving McKesson (Mary Henderson-1850-1911), when she was a child by her mother's cousin, Mary Merritt, wife of John P. Haines and daughter of Julia Douglas Merritt of Irvington on the Hudson.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
