Collection Highlights
Ki On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter ), 1732/40-1836
1796
1867.314
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coffee Cup
Object name
Coffee Cup
Date
ca. 1795
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 2 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 6.4 x 8.3 x 5.7 cm )
Description
Porcelain coffee cup; wide blue enamelled wavy band outer border; blue husk inner border; pseudo arms of New York State opposite handle; figures of liberty and justice flanking a shield with a scrolled border surmounted by an eagle.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1952.127
Gallery Label
The cup is from a service with the pseudo arms of the State of New York. It is unusual in having two pairs of initials in gilding, "J.C." and "M.F."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
