Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
1935.014.011 |
Object Name |
Teacup |
Collection |
Ceramics |
Credit line |
Gift of Mrs. John B. Bird & Joseph Bancroft |
Year Range from |
1750 |
Year Range to |
1800 |
Description |
Porcelain handleless teacup in the "English Rose" pattern with a short, round foot. It has a white ground on which is a painted a small pink floral sprig design at the center of the body on each side. The lip has remains of gilding and the inside is decorated at the lip with two thin orange bands overlaid with three painted floral sprig designs at regularly spaced intervals. |
Dimensions |
H-1.875 Dia-3.25 inches |
Dimension Details |
Diameter at lip; 1 3/4" diameter foot. |
Owned |
Jane Richardson McKinly |
Used |
McKinly family |
Provenance |
This item was part of a china set that belonged to Jane Richardson McKinly (1727-1805), wife of Dr. John McKinly (1721-1796), who served in the Delaware General Assembly and was the first elected President (governor) of Delaware. |
Subjects |
Porcelain |
People |
McKinly, John McKinly, Jane Richardson |
Search Terms |
Teacups Porcelain Jane McKinly Jane Richardson McKinly Eighteenth Century |
Material |
Porcelain |
Place of Origin |
England |