Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Serving dish
Object Number:
1984.42
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 16 x 13 1/4 in. ( 4.1 x 40.6 x 33.7 cm )
Marks:
painted: in shield: "J M W"
Description:
Oval platter with molded edge decorated with blue enamel and gilding; border decoration consists of wide blue enamel band with gold stars bounded below by blue dots and faded gilded spearhead band below; central decoration consists of blue enamel gilded floral swags and a shield with blue border, gold stars, ribbons, and leafy swag; initials inscribed in shield.
Gallery Label:
This dish, part of a fifty-four-piece dinner service, was owned by New York statesman and merchant James Watson, Jr. (1750-1806) and his wife Mary Talcott (1752-1806).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth McNeil
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
