Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tureen and cover
Object Number:
1985.1ab
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 15 x 9 1/2 in. ( 29.2 x 38.1 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Oval porcelain tureen and cover with flower and leaf knop; receded entwined handles with leaf and berry terminals; decorated with penciled sepia trellis diaper and butterfly border ("Fitzhugh style"); central roundel with spear and post border and alternating diaper and animal figure panels containing an "H" for Hone family.
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
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.