Collection Highlights
Batter pitcher
1798
1937.587
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dish
Object name
Dish
Date
ca. 1788
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/2 x 8 x 7 in. ( 3.8 x 20.3 x 17.8 cm )
Description
Porcelain tea set decorated with the insignia of the Society of the Cincinnati and monogram of Samuel Shaw; small lobed oval dish.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Frances Jay, Mrs. Alexander Duer Harvey, Mrs. Lloyd Kirkham Garrison, and Mrs. Lawrence W. Fox, in memory of Mrs. Pierre Jay (nee Louisa Shaw Barlow) by her children
Object Number
1972.11h
Marks
painted: in orange beneath Society of Cincinnati insignia: "SS"
inscribed: in oval at center of insignia: "OMNIA RELINQUIT SERVARE REMPUBLICAM"
Gallery Label
This tea set was made for Samuel Shaw, first American consul at Canton.
Provenance
Samuel Shaw (d. 1794); to his nephew, Robert Gould Shaw (1776-1853); to his eldest son, Francis George Shaw (1809-1882); to his daughter, Ellen Shaw; to her daughter, Louisa Shaw Barlow; to her daughters, Miss Frances Jay, Mrs. Alexander Duer Harvey, Mrs. Lloyd Kirkham Garrison, and Mrs. Lawrence W. Fox.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
