Dinner Service

Ceramic

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Boscobel House and Gardens

Name/Title

Dinner Service

Entry/Object ID

C 66.6.1–.9

Description

Wedgwood creamware part dinner service in "lag-and-feather" pattern, decorated in sepia and gold. Dinner service consists of one sauce boat and cover with artichoke finial, four 10-inch dinner plates, and three graduated oval platters.

Category

Ceramics

Acquisition

Accession

C 66.6

Source or Donor

Department of Parks, City of New York

Acquisition Method

Loan

Credit Line

On Loan from Department of Parks, City of New York

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Josiah Wedgwood and Sons

Attribution

Probably by

Material

Lead-glazed, Earthenware

Condition

Notes

The large oval platter (under tureen) has open crack, fragile, move with caution. [JP 8/27/07] The small oval platter has discoloration to old repairs to breaks at one end and deep scratches in the top surface. Sauce boat has a crack across the bottom and a chip in the rim.

Provenance

Notes

Permanent loan, Dyckman Farm House, NYC Dept of Parks.