Collection Highlights
Speech of His Excellency George Washington, Esq; president of the United States of America, delivered to the Honorable the Congress
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1789.39
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Saucer
Object Number:
1957.303a
Date:
1775-1782
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 8 in. ( 3.8 x 20.3 cm )
Marks:
painted: on bottom: hatched crescent
Description:
Circular saucer porcelain dish press molded into scalloped shaping decorated with central underglaze blue printed pine cones, pomegrantes, berries, and flowers; rim is decorated with five floral sprays; the scalloped circumference is bordered with a painted blue line; marked with a hatched crescent
Gallery Label:
This shape of saucer wasn't introduced until the mid 1770's.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
