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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
1805
1867.306
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Cup and saucer
Object name
Cup and saucer
Date
ca. 1870
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
cups: 2 1/8 x 3 x 2 1/8 in.; saucers: 7/8 x 4 3/8 in.
Description
One of a set of five cups with black handles and gold rims, each with a humorous figural scene in black silhouette, perhaps relating to marriage; five saucers, each with three black silhouettes of animals such as lobsters, insects, or birds.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number
1936.788ab
Gallery Label
Miss Dawson was a bridesmaid for Angelena Burr Corse (Mrs. Lena Cadwalader Evans); she decorated the cups and saucers as a gift for the bride.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
