Collection Highlights
Grenadier cap
Date:
1740-1770
Object Number:
1890.3
Medium:
Wool, linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Teacups and saucers (6)
Object Number:
1945.238a-l
Date:
1851-1861
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Each (cups): 3 1/2 x 3 in. (8.9 x 7.6 cm)
Each (saucers): 6 x 1 1/4 in. (15.2 x 3.2 cm)
Description:
Mauve transfer print pearlware cups and saucers shwoing figures in a pastoral scene with a castle in the background; the border pattern of grapevine and a building with triangular pediment appears at quarterly intervals; the cups have no handles.
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, the castle pictured belonged to Jenny Lind.
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
