Slop bowl
This mid-eighteenth century tea and coffee set combines Eastern and Western innovations to create a sophisticated fashion statement: the fine porcelain bodies are Chinese but the engaging landscape scenes are copied from tablewares made at the Meissen factory in Germany. Its last private owner was a descendant of Martha Washington’s granddaughter, Eleanor “Nelly” Parke Custis Lewis, and it is possible that it was originally acquired by George and Martha Washington.
Published ReferencesChristie, Manson & Woods International Inc., Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Prints, and 20th Century Self-Taught and Outsider Art, Thursday 15 AND Friday 16 January 2004, Sales Catalogue 1279 (New York: Christie's, 2004), Lot # 516.