Saucer
Date1800-1850
Geography
Probably made -
England
Medium/TechniquePorcelain (soft-paste), gilt
DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 1 1/2 in. x 5 7/8 in. x 5 7/8 in. (3.81 cm x 14.92 cm x 14.92 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John S. Wise & George W. Thompson, Jr., in memory of their mother, Elizabeth Ridgely Hunt Tayloe, 1980
Object numberW-2788
DescriptionDouble-bellied circular saucer with a double-ogee shaped rim on a shallow foot ring, transfer-printed in underglaze cobalt blue, with a gilded rim interior. The center of the well features a right-anchored landscape with a pavilion complex, willow tree, and the fronds of a branch emerging at right along the side. A single-masted ship appears in the river at center and there is a flat-top bridge in the foreground at bottom. The rim interior has a ban of diagonal dashes, a starred network band, a “rain and cloud” border of diagonal dashes and a scalloped line, a gilded line, and a final, lower band of spearheads and double dots. Specks of underglaze cobalt blue are scattered across the exterior.
Published ReferencesSusan Gray Detweiler, George Washington's Chinaware (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1982), 135, 137. (general reference)
The Mount Vernon China (Mount Vernon, Virginia: MVLA, 1949), 20-21, 50. (general reference)
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