Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1766-1853)
ca. 1825
1920.4
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Cups
Object name
Cups
Date
1875-1900
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 2 1/8 x 3 x 2 1/4 in. ( 5.4 x 7.6 x 5.7 cm )
Description
Child's porcelain tea set composed of fifteen pieces including two cups; the set is decorated with blue underglaze stripes bordered by copper luster with brown enamel herringbone strips between.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number
1935.5bc
Marks
painted: in red on the bottom: "93"
Gallery Label
This set was presented to Mrs. Irving McKesson (Mary Henderson-1850-1911), when she was a child by her mother's cousin, Mary Merritt, wife of John P. Haines and daughter of Julia Douglas Merritt of Irvington on the Hudson.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
