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Sèvres porcelain teapot and cover (part of a service)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Teapot
date made: 1805
place made: France: Île-de-France, Sevres
Physical Description: red (overall color)
polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, porcelain (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 8 1/4 in x 7 3/4 in x 4 5/8 in; 20.955 cm x 19.685 cm x 11.7475 cm
Topics: Manufacturing industries
Industrialization
Art
Furnishings
Description: The teapot comes from a service that Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) gave to his sister Pauline (1780-1825) when she established a home in Paris at the hôtel de Charost. The light lilac ground was a fashionable color in post-revolutionary France, a time when interior designers experimented with new and unusual colors and color combinations, and one of the boudoirs in the hôtel de Charost was painted in a similar color. The figure subjects are painted in brown and highlighted in gold. On one side of the teapot the subject is Neptune with the trident in his right hand, riding on a shell through the waves, and drawn by creatures that are half-fish and half-horse. On the other side the subject is Pluto with Cerberus, the three-headed hound of hell, pulled by two hybrid monsters. The Sèvres painting of Pluto closely resembles a print by Bernard Picart, dated 1727.
The teapot has a form resembling a classical Greek urn. The light lilac ground on the pot and cover has dark purple ornament painted in overglaze enamel. A Greek key pattern circles the pot below the shoulder, and a foliate frieze circles the foot of the pot. On the pot's shoulder a purple foliate pattern is punctuated by a gold floral medallion, and on the cover a palmette pattern circles the gold finial. The spout, handle, and foot are heavily gilded.
See Liana Paredes, 2009, exhibition catalog “Sèvres Then and Now: Tradition and Innovation in Porcelain, 1750-2000”, p.73, p.148.
This teapot belongs to the Alfred Duane Pell collection in the National Museum of American History. Before Pell (1864-1924) became an Episcopalian clergyman quite late in life, he and his wife Cornelia Livingstone Crosby Pell (1861-1938) travelled widely, and as they travelled they collected European porcelains, silver, and furniture. Pell came from a wealthy family and he purchased the large William Pickhardt Mansion on 5th Avenue and East 74th Street in which to display his vast collection. The Smithsonian was one of several institutions to receive substantial bequests from the Reverend Pell which laid the foundation for their collections of European applied arts.
Sèvres pitcher (part of a service)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Pitcher
date made: 1805
place made: France: Île-de-France, Sevres
Physical Description: red (overall color)
polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, porcelain (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 8 7/8 in x 5 9/16 in x 4 1/16 in; 22.5425 cm x 14.12875 cm x 10.31875 cm
Topics: Manufacturing industries
Industrialization
Art
Furnishings
Description: The pitcher comes from a service that Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) gave to his sister Pauline (1780-1825) when she established a home in Paris at the hôtel de Charost. The light lilac ground was a fashionable color in post-revolutionary France, a time when interior designers experimented with new and unusual colors and color combinations, and one of the boudoirs in the hôtel de Charost was painted in a similar color. The figure subject is painted in brown and highlighted in gold on a ground painted to imitate marble. Under the spout the subject is a centaur rearing on his hind legs with a shield in his left hand and an arrow in his right. Two portrait medallions in profile on a white marble ground are framed by a circle of gold stars, purple beads and foliate ornament.
The pitcher's pale lilac ground has dark purple ornament painted in overglaze enamel. A Greek key pattern is painted below the shoulder of the vessel, and at the base of the pitcher there is a foliate frieze above a band of gold. A delicate leaf pattern circles the neck of the pitcher. The handle is heavily gilded and the interior is white with no decoration apart from a band of gold on the rim.
See Liana Paredes, 2009, exhibition catalog “Sèvres Then and Now: Tradition and Innovation in Porcelain, 1750-2000”, p.73, p.148.
This pitcher belongs to the Alfred Duane Pell collection in the National Museum of American History. Before Pell (1864-1924) became an Episcopalian clergyman quite late in life, he and his wife Cornelia Livingstone Crosby Pell (1861-1938) travelled widely, and as they travelled they collected European porcelains, silver, and furniture. Pell came from a wealthy family and he purchased the large William Pickhardt Mansion on 5th Avenue and East 74th Street in which to display his vast collection. The Smithsonian was one of several institutions to receive substantial bequests from the Reverend Pell which laid the foundation for their collections of European applied arts.
Sèvres cup and saucer (part of a service)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: cup
saucer
date made: 1805
place made: France: Île-de-France, Sevres
Physical Description: red (cup color)
red (saucer color)
polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, porcelain (cup material)
ceramic, porcelain (saucer material)
Measurements: overall cup: 2 15/16 in x 4 1/16 in x 3 in; 7.46125 cm x 10.31875 cm x 7.62 cm
overall saucer: 1 3/8 in x 6 in; 3.4925 cm x 15.24 cm
Topics: Manufacturing industries
Industrialization
Art
Furnishings
Description: The cup and saucer comes from a service that Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) gave to his sister Pauline (1780-1825) when she established a home in Paris at the hôtel de Charost. The light lilac ground was a fashionable color in post-revolutionary France, a time when interior designers experimented with new and unusual colors and color combinations, and one of the boudoirs in the hôtel de Charost was painted in a similar color. The figure subject is painted in brown and highlighted in gold on a ground painted to imitate marble, and on the cup a seated woman watches another who works on a mask-like face on a plinth. On the cup two portrait medallions in profile on a white marble ground are framed by a circle of gold stars, purple beads and foliate ornament, and there is another portrait medallion in the center of the saucer.
The cup and saucer's pale lilac ground has dark purple ornament painted in overglaze enamel. A Greek key pattern is painted below the rim of the cup and at the base, and below the interior rim of the saucer. The handle on the cup is gilded and the interior is white with no decoration apart from a band of gold on the rim. The cyclindrical cup form is known as a "litron" ("gobelets litron" at Sèvres), and the deep saucer (soucoupe) is often seen paired with the cup which was introduced at Vincennes in 1752. The term "litron" comes from an old wooden measuring cup of the same cylindrical form. The Vincennes-Sèvres manufactory imitated the shape in five different sizes. In English terminology these cups are known as "coffee cans."
See Liana Paredes, 2009, exhibition catalog “Sèvres Then and Now: Tradition and Innovation in Porcelain, 1750-2000”, p.73, p.148.
This cup and saucer belongs to the Alfred Duane Pell collection in the National Museum of American History. Before Pell (1864-1924) became an Episcopalian clergyman quite late in life, he and his wife Cornelia Livingstone Crosby Pell (1861-1938) travelled widely, and as they travelled they collected European porcelains, silver, and furniture. Pell came from a wealthy family and he purchased the large William Pickhardt Mansion on 5th Avenue and East 74th Street in which to display his vast collection. The Smithsonian was one of several institutions to receive substantial bequests from the Reverend Pell which laid the foundation for their collections of European applied arts.
Sèvres porcelain cup and saucer
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: cup
saucer
date made: 1805
place made: France: Île-de-France, Sevres
Physical Description: red (cup color)
red (saucer color)
polychrome (component surface decoration color name)
reclining neoclassical female figure (joint piece description of decoration)
reclining neoclassical female figure (overall description of decoration)
ceramic, porcelain (cup material)
ceramic, porcelain (saucer material)
Measurements: overall cup: 3 1/16 in x 4 in x 3 in; 7.77875 cm x 10.16 cm x 7.62 cm
overall saucer: 1 5/16 in x 6 in; 3.33375 cm x 15.24 cm
Topics: Manufacturing industries
Industrialization
Art
Furnishings
Sèvres porcelain cup and saucer (part of a service)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: cup
saucer
date made: 1803
place made: France: Île-de-France, Sevres
Physical Description: polychrome (component surface decoration color name)
agate design (joint piece description of decoration)
agate design (overall description of decoration)
ceramic, porcelain (cup material)
ceramic, porcelain (saucer material)
red (cup color)
red (saucer color)
Measurements: overall cup: 2 1/2 in x 3 5/16 in x 2 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 8.41375 cm x 6.35 cm
overall saucer: 1 1/16 in x 5 1/8 in; 2.69875 cm x 13.0175 cm
Topics: Manufacturing industries
Industrialization
Art
Furnishings
Sèvres porcelain cup and saucer (part of a service)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: cup
saucer
date made: 1803
place made: France: Île-de-France, Sevres
Physical Description: red (cup color)
red (saucer color)
polychrome (component surface decoration color name)
agate design (joint piece description of decoration)
agate design (overall description of decoration)
ceramic, porcelain (cup material)
ceramic, porcelain (saucer material)
Measurements: overall cup: 2 3/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 7/16 in; 6.0325 cm x 8.255 cm x 6.19125 cm
overall saucer: 1 1/16 in x 5 1/16 in; 2.69875 cm x 12.85875 cm
Topics: Manufacturing industries
Industrialization
Art
Furnishings
cup; saucer
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: cup
saucer
date made: 1803
place made: France: Île-de-France, Sevres
Physical Description: red (cup color)
red (saucer color)
monochrome, gray (component surface decoration color name)
harbor scene (joint piece description of decoration)
harbor scene (overall description of decoration)
ceramic, porcelain (cup material)
ceramic, porcelain (saucer material)
Measurements: overall cup: 2 9/16 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 6.50875 cm x 8.255 cm x 6.35 cm
overall saucer: 1 1/16 in x 5 1/8 in; 2.69875 cm x 13.0175 cm
plate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Plate
plate
date made: 1807
place made: France: Île-de-France, Sevres
Physical Description: red (overall color)
polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, porcelain (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2 in x 13 15/16 in; 5.08 cm x 35.40125 cm
bowl
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Bowl
date made: 1807
place made: France: Île-de-France, Sevres
Physical Description: red (overall color)
polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, porcelain (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 9 3/4 in x 13 1/4 in x 10 11/16 in; 24.765 cm x 33.655 cm x 27.14625 cm
Census Jug
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pitcher
creamware
Date made: ca 1790
Place Made: United Kingdom: England, Liverpool, Liverpool
Physical Description: monochrome, black (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic (overall material)
transfer printed (overall production method/technique)
coarse earthenware (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 17.2 cm; 6 25/32 in
Publisher: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
Topics: Government
Social reformers
In Pursuit of Life, Liberty, and Happiness
Politics
Furnishings
First Census of U.S.
Description: Made in England for the American market, this creamware jug commemorates the first census of the United States taken in 1790.
The Constitution, adopted in 1787, mandated that the population of the states be counted every ten years to ensure proper representation in Congress. The first census, undertaken by U.S. marshals on horseback, recorded 3.9 million inhabitants in these categories: heads of families, free white males sixteen and older, free white males younger than sixteen, free white females, all other free persons (by sex and color), and slaves.
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Pitcher, "The Joiners Arms"
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pitcher
date made: ca 1805
place made: United Kingdom: England, Liverpool
Physical Description: black (overall color)
monochrome, black (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, earthenware, refined (overall material)
transfer printed (joint piece production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 10 1/8 in x 9 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 25.7175 cm x 24.765 cm x 16.51 cm
Credit line: Robert H. McCauley
Topics: Government
Social reformers
Politics
McCauley Liverpool Pottery
Furnishings
Description: This transfer printed creamware pitcher is decorated with a print of the Joiners' Arms on one side and a motif of "Washington's Tomb" on the other. The crest of “The Joiner’s Arms” features the motto “Join truth with trust,” a shield, and tools of the joiner’s or carpenter’s trade. The motif of Washington’s tomb depicts a monument commemorating Washington’s death surrounded by a chain of states which omits Vermont and Rhode Island, but includes Kentucky. The monument is an obelisk decorated with the All Seeing Eye and the phrase “First in war, first in peace, first in fame, first in virtue.” Various figures are shown mourning at the monument. Under the spout, included in a medallion, is the phrase “May America never want artillery to defend her rights,” a phrase wishing peace upon the new American republic. Below that is the name “Simeon Hall” and a flower. It is currently unclear who Simeon Hall is. George Washington is the most common figure depicted on English creamware pitchers of this period. His death in 1799 led to an outpouring of commemorative products celebrating his life and mourning his death. Robert H. McCauley purchased this pitcher from F.O. Bailey Co. of Portland, ME on May 3, 1939 for $37.50.
This pitcher is part of the McCauley collection of American themed transfer print pottery. There is no mark on the pitcher to tell us who made it, but it is characteristic of wares made in large volume for the American market in both Staffordshire and Liverpool between 1790 and 1820. Pitchers of this shape, with a cream colored glaze over a pale earthenware clay, known as Liverpool type, were the most common vessels to feature transfer prints with subjects commemorating events and significant figures in the early decades of United States’ history. Notwithstanding the tense relationship between Britain and America, Liverpool and Staffordshire printers and potters seized the commercial opportunity offered them in the production of transfer printed earthenwares celebrating the heroes, the military victories, and the virtues of the young republic, and frequently all of these things at once.
Benjamin Franklin
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medallion
date made: c. 1776
place made: United Kingdom: England, Staffordshire
Physical Description: ceramic, stoneware, refined (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2 in x 1 3/4 in; 5.08 cm x 4.445 cm
overall: 7/16 in x 1 13/16 in x 2 1/8 in; 1.11125 cm x 4.60375 cm x 5.3975 cm
Credit line: Estate of Henry Rau
plate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: plate
plate
date made: 1770-1800
place made: United Kingdom: England, Staffordshire
Physical Description: ceramic, earthenware, refined (overall material)
polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
Measurements: overall: 11/16 in x 8 in; 1.74625 cm x 20.32 cm
Credit line: Helen Augusta Mosher in memory of her parents Ellen and Richard Rothwell
plate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: plate
plate
date made: 1770-1800
place made: United Kingdom: England, Staffordshire
Physical Description: polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, earthenware, refined (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 11/16 in x 7 7/8 in; 1.74625 cm x 20.0025 cm
Credit line: Helen Augusta Mosher in memory of her parents Ellen and Richard Rothwell
Creamware jelly mold
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: mold
date made: 1790s
place made: United Kingdom: England, Staffordshire
Physical Description: polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, earthenware, refined (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 3 7/8 in x 8 in x 4 15/16 in; 9.8425 cm x 20.32 cm x 12.54125 cm
Topics: Manufacturing industries
Industrialization
Art
Furnishings
pitcher
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pitcher
Date made: 1796-1810
Associated Name: Nelson, Horatio Lord
place made: United Kingdom: Galles, Swansea
Physical Description: polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic (overall material)
earthenware (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 8 in x 9 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 24.13 cm
overall: 8 in x 7 9/16 in x 9 3/8 in; 20.32 cm x 19.20875 cm x 23.8125 cm
Credit line: From the Estate of Helen A. Mosher
jug
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Jug
Date made: 1790
date made: c. 1790
Physical Description: blue (overall color)
ceramic, stoneware, coarse (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 13 in x 10 in; 33.02 cm x 25.4 cm
jug
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Jug
Date made: 1790
maker: Fenton, Jonathan
Fenton, Jonathan
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Physical Description: monochrome, purple (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, stoneware, coarse (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 14 in x 10 in; 35.56 cm x 25.4 cm
overall: 14 in x 9 5/8 in; 35.56 cm x 24.4475 cm
Stoneware jar
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Jar
date made: 1802-20
maker: Commeraw, Thomas
place made: United States: New York
United States: New York, Corlears Hook
Physical Description: monochrome, blue (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, stoneware, coarse (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 13 5/8 in x 11 in; 34.6075 cm x 27.94 cm
Kütahya cup and saucer
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: cup
saucer
date made: 18th century
Physical Description: ceramic, eartheware (cup material)
ceramic, eartheware (saucer material)
Measurements: overall cup: 2 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 in; 5.715 cm x 9.525 cm x 7.62 cm
overall saucer: 1 1/8 in x 5 1/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 13.0175 cm
Topics: Manufacturing industries
Industrialization
Art
Furnishings
bottle, nursing
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Bottle, Nursing
Physical Description: green (overall color)
glass, transparent (overall material)
mold blown (overall production method/technique)
Credit line: Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
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plate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Pan
plate
date made: About 1810
place made: United States: Pennsylvania
Physical Description: ceramic, earthenware, coarse (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1 7/8 in x 12 5/16 in; 4.7625 cm x 31.3055 cm
pitcher
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: pitcher
date made: circa 1810
maker: Sewell & Donkin
Physical Description: ceramic, earthenware, refined (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 5 3/8 in x 6 7/16 in x 4 1/4 in; 13.6525 cm x 16.35125 cm x 10.795 cm
Credit line: Gift of Gertrude D. Webster
bowl, sweetmeat
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bowl, sweemeat
bowl, sweetmeat
date made: circa 1810
maker: unknown
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: "colorless" (foot color)
glass, transparent (foot material)
cut (joint piece production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 8 1/4 in x 4 5/8 in; 20.955 cm x 11.7475 cm
Credit line: Elsie Howland Quinby in memory of her mother, Mrs. Duncan Cameron
mug
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: mug
date made: circa 1770
maker: unknown
place made: Germany
United States: Pennsylvania
Physical Description: "colorless" (?? color)
glass, transparent (?? material)
blown (?? production method/technique)
Credit line: Gift of Gertrude D. Webster
glass, jelly
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Glass, Jelly
date made: circa 1780
maker: unknown
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: "colorless" (?? color)
glass, lead, transparent (?? material)
cut (joint piece production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 4 7/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 12.3825 cm x 6.35 cm
Credit line: Elsie Howland Quinby in memory of her mother, Mrs. Duncan Cameron
cup, punch
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Cup, Punch
date made: circa 1810
maker: unknown
place made: Ireland
Physical Description: "colorless" (overall color)
glass, lead, transparent (overall material)
cut (joint piece production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 2 3/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 6.0325 cm x 8.255 cm
Credit line: Elsie Howland Quinby in memory of her mother, Mrs. Duncan Cameron
cup, punch
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Cup, Punch
date made: circa 1810
maker: unknown
place made: Ireland
Physical Description: cut (joint piece production method/technique)
"colorless" (overall color)
glass, lead, transparent (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2 3/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 6.0325 cm x 8.255 cm
Credit line: Elsie Howland Quinby in memory of her mother, Mrs. Duncan Cameron
bottle
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Flask
bottle
date made: circa 1780
maker: Temple Glass Works
place made: United States: New Hampshire, Temple
Physical Description: green, olive (overall color)
glass, transparent (overall material)
blown (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 7 3/4 in x 5 in; 19.685 cm x 12.7 cm
Credit line: Mrs. Charles H. Watkins
pitcher
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Pitcher
date made: circa 1790
maker: unknown
place made: British Isles: Ireland
Physical Description: "colorless" (overall color)
glass, transparent (overall material)
cut (joint piece production method/technique)
Credit line: Elsie Howland Quinby in memory of her mother, Mrs. Duncan Cameron
glass, jelly
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Glass, Jelly
date made: circa 1780
maker: unknown
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: "colorless" (overall color)
glass, transparent (overall material)
cut (joint piece production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 4 7/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 12.3825 cm x 6.35 cm
Credit line: Elsie Howland Quinby in memory of her mother, Mrs. Duncan Cameron
jar
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Jar
Date made: 1790
Physical Description: ceramic, stoneware, coarse (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 10 3/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 27.305 cm x 24.13 cm
overall: 10 3/8 in x 9 11/16 in x 9 1/8 in; 26.3525 cm x 24.5745 cm x 23.1775 cm
fragment
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Fragment
date made: circa 1790- 1809
maker: Kohlenburg, Adam
place made: United States: Maryland, Frederick
Physical Description: slag, glass (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 5 in x 6 5/16 in; 12.7 cm x 16.0655 cm
Credit line: C. Malcolm Watkins
bowl
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Bowl
date made: 18th century
maker: unknown
place made: United States: New England
United States: Massachusetts
Physical Description: ceramic, earthenware, coarse (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 8 in; 20.32 cm
overall: 4 1/4 in x 8 3/8 in x 8 in; 10.795 cm x 21.2725 cm x 20.32 cm
Credit line: Lura Woodside Watkins