Collection Highlights
Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
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Luce Center
Saucer: Residence of the Late Richard Jordon New Jersey
Object name
Saucer: Residence of the Late Richard Jordon New Jersey
Date
1829-1843
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 14.6 cm )
Description
Glazed earthenware saucer with scalloped edge and decorated with pink and white transfer printed image of a rural residence with a house, barn, trees, a cow, and a man with a walking stick in foreground; view surrounded by border pattern of scrolls and flowers and outlined with a thin blue line.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1942.410
Marks
printed: on back: "The Residence/ of the Late/RICHARD JORDAN/ NEW JERSEY/ J H &CO"/ "H"
Gallery Label
This house belonged to Richard Jordan of New Jersey; Richard Jordan (1756-1826) was born in Virginia and moved to New Jersey in 1809; he was a prominent Quaker minister.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.