Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414c
Medium:
Glass
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Luce Center
Small bowl
Object Number:
1972.11g
Date:
ca. 1788
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 7/8 x 5 3/4 in. ( 7.3 x 14.6 cm )
Marks:
painted: in ornage beneath Society of the Cincinnati insignia: "SS"
inscribed: in oval at center of insignia: "OMNIA RELINQUIT SERVARE REMPUBLICAM"
Description:
Porcelain tea set decorated with the insignia of the Society of the Cincinnati and monogram of Samuel Shaw; small bowl.
Gallery Label:
This tea set was made for Samuel Shaw, first American consul at Canton.
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
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.
