Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cups
Object Number:
1935.5b
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 3 x 2 1/4 in. ( 5.4 x 7.6 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
painted: in red on the bottom: "93"
Description:
One of a pair of tea cups. Child's porcelain tea set composed of fifteen pieces including two cups; the set is decorated with blue underglaze stripes bordered by copper luster with brown enamel herringbone strips between.
Gallery Label:
This set was presented to Mrs. Irving McKesson (Mary Henderson-1850-1911), when she was a child by her mother's cousin, Mary Merritt, wife of John P. Haines and daughter of Julia Douglas Merritt of Irvington on the Hudson.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
