Collection Highlights
Freedom to the Slaves
Date:
ca. 1865
Object Number:
PR.052.58
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tea bowl and saucer
Object Number:
1957.306ij
Date:
1766-1775
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (3.5 × 8.3 cm)
Description:
One of a set of three porcelain tea bowls and saucers painted in underglaze blue in pattern known as "Bird on a Branch"; a spray with a large chrysanthemum surrounded by dots and darker blue leaves from which two other chrysanthemum blooms extend; on one of the sprays sits an outlined bird with a long tail feathers, crest, and open beak; the interior rim is painted in a blue cross-hatched border, both tea bowl and saucer.
Gallery Label:
During the second half of the 18th century, there were several factories in the city of Liverpool which made blue and white teaware in this pattern. These tea bowl and saucer sets may be from Phillip Christian and Manufactory.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
