Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Study for Havell pl. no. 26
c. 1825
1863.17.26
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Age of Exploration and Dutch New York
Jar
Object name
Jar
Date
late seventeenth to early eighteenth century
Medium
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 4 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. ( 11.4 x 7.9 cm )
Description
Wheelthrown white earthenware cylindrical jar with concave sides, rounded base and shoulder, with handpainted underglaze blue decoration of a shield with lion set in scrolling framework with crown, tin-glazed.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Fenwick Beekman
Object Number
1954.22a
Gallery Label
Part of a set of 3 jars, 1954.22a-c
Bibliography
Krohn, Deborah, Peter Miller, and Marybeth De Filippis, eds., "Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta van Varick." New York: Bard Graduate Center, New-York Historical Society, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009, p. 300-1
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
