Mug

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Mug

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.199

Description

Mug: cylindrical, with straight sides; applied handle, in white ground, of dragon form; decorated with polychrome "famille rose," predominantly pink.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1768-1799, Date made: r. 1868 - 1899

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

6 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 6 in. (15.2 cm)

Material

Porcelain

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Van Cortlandt Family

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

The 2009 interpretive plan states that this piece is from the ship "Experiment" which sailed to China under Captain Stewart Dean in about 1784-1785 (only the second ship from the New Nation to reach China). However, it is NOT clear from any documentation that this is a historical fact. According to Bolton's History of Westchester County, Captian Dean brought "china" from China for General Pierrre Van Cortlandt and for James Caldwell. Which piece or pieces, and if they are part of the current HHV collection, remains a mystery [Jessa J. Krick, 7/26/2016].

Note Type

General Note

Note

Van Cortlandt family possession

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Parlour