Collection Highlights
Controller handle
1904
1922.103
Silver, steel, ceramic
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cup and saucer
Object name
Cup and saucer
Date
1830-1860
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
cup: 2 1/2 x 4 in. ( 6.4 x 10.2 cm )
saucer: 1 1/4 x 6 in. ( 3.2 x 15.2 cm )
Description
Molded white earthenware cup and saucer with red transfer print of New York from Weehawk; handleless cup with flaring sides and circular foot, with repeated transfer print of distant buildings of Manhattan with man and woman holding hands in foreground and river and ships in the middle; scene repeated two times on sides of cup and once in bottom of cup; vignette of man and ship repeated twice on interior of cup. Saucer has same transfer print of Manhattan at center, with ship vignette repeated three times around border.
Credit Line
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., 1976
Object Number
INV.14361ab
Marks
impressed: on underside of saucer: "ADAMS"
transfer-printed: in red on underside of saucer: American eagle
Gallery Label
The transfer print on this cup and saucer was very loosely adapted from William Guy Wall's painting, "New York from Weehawk."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
