Collection Highlights
Dressing table
Date:
1795-1810
Object Number:
INV.14982
Medium:
Probably New York mahogany, white pine, yellow poplar, other inlays
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cabbage leaf pitcher
Object Number:
1957.285
Date:
1765-1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 in. ( 22.9 cm )
Marks:
painted: on bottom: blue hatched crescent
Description:
Porcelain cabbage leaf molded mask pitcher; face of a sleepy bearded man below the spout lip;, with a c-scroll handle; the ovoid body is printed with three naturalistic flower groups with a butterfly; the cylindrical neck is painted with two fruit garlands; the exterior im is birdrede with a broad band of molded leaves.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
