Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
ca. 1630
1885.5
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Covered sugar bowl and creamer
Object name
Covered sugar bowl and creamer
Date
ca. 1866
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
Part (creamer): 6 x 4 1/2 x 4 in. (15.2 x 11.4 x 10.2 cm)
Part (sugar bowl): 7 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 5 in. (18.4 x 14.6 x 12.7
Description
Porcelain sugar bowl and creamer with "cable pattern" and band of gilding near base of handle.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Charles Francis Potter
Object Number
1957.69a-c
Marks
painted: in gold on bottom of each piece: "9c"
Gallery Label
According to the donor, this sugar bowl and creamer were made to celebrate the laying of Atlantic cable in 1866.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
