Cup with cover

ca. 1790

Place madeChina, Asia

Porcelain

Overall: 3 3/8 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 8.6 x 8.3 x 6.4 cm )

Gift of Mrs. Kenneth McNeil

1984.32ab

This dish, part of a fifty-four-piece dinner service, was owned by New York statesman and merchant James Watson, Jr. (1750-1806) and his wife Mary Talcott (1752-1806).

DescriptionCup with interlacing reeded strap handles and cover with berry knop; border decoration of wide blue enamel band with gold stars bonded by blue dots and a band of gold spearheads; other decoration consists of blue enamel gilded floral swags and a shield with a blue enamel gold starred border, with ribbons and a leafy swag, initials on shield.

Markingspainted: in blue and gold in shield: "J M W"

ClassificationsCERAMICS