Collection Highlights
Wedding dress: yellow brocade with lace
1730-50 with several alterations into the 20th century
1949.115a
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Teacup
Object name
Teacup
Date
1750-1775
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 4 1/8 x 3 in. ( 10.5 x 7.6 cm )
Description
Porcelain tea cup with shaped edge and molded handle with four spurs; blue underglaze rim border of abstract blue flowers, leaes, and circles with scrolling edge; polychrome enamel scene inside cartouche with gilded, low-relief edge depicting commercial scene with two merchants and two customers.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Fenwick Beekman
Object Number
1961.6
Gallery Label
This tea cup is said to have been used by George Washington after the Revolutionary War at a supper given by William Beekman at his house on the East River near 65th Street.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.