Collection Highlights
Parade on Broadway for McKinley & Hobart
Date:
1896
Object Number:
PR.008.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Teacup
Object Number:
1961.6
Date:
1750-1775
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 3 in. ( 10.5 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Porcelain tea cup with shaped edge and molded handle with four spurs; blue underglaze rim border of abstract blue flowers, leaes, and circles with scrolling edge; polychrome enamel scene inside cartouche with gilded, low-relief edge depicting commercial scene with two merchants and two customers.
Gallery Label:
This tea cup is said to have been used by George Washington after the Revolutionary War at a supper given by William Beekman at his house on the East River near 65th Street.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Fenwick Beekman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
