Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tureen, cover and stand
Object Number:
1985.2a-c
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall (a, b: Tureen and Cover): 5 7/8 × 7 3/8 × 4 7/8 in. (14.9 × 18.7 × 12.4 cm)
Overall (c: Stand): 3/4 in. ×
Marks:
painted: at center of roundels: "H"
Description:
Oval porcelain tureen with reeded entwined handles, cover with flower and leaf knop, and stand, decorated with pencilled trellis diaper and butterfly border ("Fitzhugh" pattern); on each side of tureen and cover and at center of stand is a roundel with spear and post border containing the initial "H".
Gallery Label:
This piece is part of a dinner service given as a wedding gift to John Hone II and Miss Marie Antoinette Kane (m. 1818). He was the nephew of Philip Hone (1780-1851), the prominent New York businessman, politican, and diarist.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Louise Starr given in memory of Mrs. W. Thorn Kissel
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
