Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414c
Medium:
Glass
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Museum Collections
Tea bowl and saucer
Object Number:
1957.306gh
Date:
1775-1785
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall (a: Tea bowl): 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Overall (b: Saucer): 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Marks:
printed: on bowl and saucer: hatched crescent
Description:
Porcelain tea bowl and saucer printed in underglaze blue with "Mother and Child" pattern; the rims are painted in blue; center interior of bowl is printed with a bowl of fruit; marked in the form of a printed hatched crescent on bowl and saucer.
Gallery Label:
This saucer and tea bowl have a whiter glaze and a yellow paste which means the manufacturer could be possibly be Caughley.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
