Artist/Maker
Unidentified maker
Soup cup and saucer
ca. 1832
Glazed and painted porcelain
Overall (cup): 3 3/4 × 5 1/8 in. (9.5 × 13 cm)
Overall (saucer diam.): 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Overall (saucer diam.): 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Gift of the Oaklander Family in honor of Mrs. Evelyn Barnes
2016.43.99ab
The pieces offered in this donation represent a significant portion of a formal porcelain dinner service owned by Luman Reed (1787-1836). Reed was a wealthy New York City dry goods merchant who assembled one of the United States’ earliest American art collections. An active patron, he befriended artists such as Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand and was a leading promoter of Hudson River School painters.
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