Tea bowl and saucer

ca. 1793

Place madeChina, Asia

Porcelain

Part (tea bowl): 2 in. × 3 1/2 in. (5.1 × 8.9 cm)
Part (saucer): 1 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (3.2 × 14 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Carrie E. Karstens

1927.19ab

This teabowl and saucer set was given by Clarkson Crolius (1773-1843) to Elizabeth Meyer (d.1858) at the time of their marriage in 1793. Crolius was a New York potter and politician.

DescriptionPorcelain tea bowl and saucer; decorated with alternating bands of blue enamel and gilt star pattern and blue enamel linked diamonds and gilt circles; the bowl and saucer are decorated with two birds facing each other, each holding a flower, in an oval cartouche; and on the tea bowl, opposite the birds is a gilt and blue floral spray.

ClassificationsCERAMICS