Collection Highlights
Castle Garden, New York City
1859
1972.13
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mug
Object name
Mug
Date
1850-1860
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. ( 7 x 8.9 x 7 cm )
Description
Molded cylindrical pearlware mug with wide, circular foot and molded rim; printed in dark pink with three-quarters portrait of a young woman in 19th-century dress and four dancing women on the other side, painted blue rim, and strip on handle.
Credit Line
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number
1945.242
Marks
printed: in dark pink: "JENNY LIND" under portrait and; over dancers "THE POLKA"
Provenance
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
