A medium size serving plate with color transfer-printed edge. Wide pink band and scene in center featuring "Shakespeare's House". May be part of the Parisian Pink china purchased by James Buchanan while serving as the U.S. Secretary of State from the French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt.
Provenance
Note: Most likely part of:
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
Hepplewhite Pembrook Oval Table. Two drop leaves, when opened, are supported by pivoted shaped brackets. End skirts are straight with one containing a full-width drawer. The four slender tapering legs have satinwood inlay at the upper end.
Cup (A) and saucer (B), glazed soft-paste porcelain, Strawberry pattern. Handleless cup has straight flaring sides & rests on a small foot Paint decoration on white ground has 2 strawberries & a large green leaf on each side with smaller leaves, purple roses and brown squiggles. Interior has double stripe with berries and flowers. Rim painted rust.
Saucer (B)
Provenance
Collected by Harpo and Susan Marx during visits back East from CA. Donated to Heritage Center.
Earthenware bowls with pink lustre glaze. Hand-painted. Central 3-leaf design with stem and spirals on white is bounded by a cricle of lustre paint. Side designs on pink background consist of 3 large flowers alternated with 3 large leaves. The chain is linked by small motif that appears in the center. A thin line borders this band beside a band of white and a 1/8-inch pink lustre band around the upper edge.
Very small press-molded pearlware dish with blue feathered edge. Edge molded with feathery texture. Rounded bowl and flaring rim. On bottom, slight foot ring is surrounded by a double raised line. Struck on bottom: "ADAMS".
