Collection Highlights
The Draft Riots in New York- The Battle in Second Avenue
Date:
1863
Object Number:
PR.020.100.4
Medium:
Wood Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tea bowl and saucer
Object Number:
1957.306qr
Date:
1780-1795
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall (a: Tea bowl): 2 in. × 3 1/4 in. (5.1 × 8.3 cm)
Overall (b: Saucer): 1 1/8 × 5 1/4 in. (2.9 × 13.3 cm)
Description:
Porcelain tea bowl and saucer printed in underglaze blue with floral sprays with a double interior rim border, also printed, in bowl and saucer of hatched cells above a hatched scrolled garland.
Gallery Label:
Characteristics such as bright blue underglaze, pale yellow paste, and grainy glaze suggest that this object was manufactured in the late 18th century and possibly by Lowestoft.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
