Collection Highlights
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman
Date:
ca. 1869
Object Number:
LIB.CT.T8855.B7
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tea service
Object Number:
1944.311a-r
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Part (covered sugar bowl): 5 x 7 x 5 in. (12.7 x 17.8 x 12.7 cm)
Part (creamer): 4 3/8 x 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (11.1 x 16.5
Description:
Molded pearlware teapot, covered sugar bowl, creamer, waste bowl, six cups and six saucers printed in black with view of sailing ship with flying American flags and steam boat near craggy shore with anchor and spread eagle with laurel branch on one side and black printed view of steamship; rimmed with a gold and purple luster metalic oxide; the lid of the teapot and the sugar bowl are decorated with views of two large homes.
Gallery Label:
This set depicts the "Cadmus," the ship that brought Lafayette to America in 1824, and Robert Fulton's "Clermont," the first commercially successful steamboat.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
