Saucer
- Object Name:
- Saucer
- Object ID:
- 1955.178 b
- Place of Origin:
- Europe
- Date:
- 1850
- Description:
- Saucer, Porcelain, Blue Floral. Circular dish with scalloped rim. Base rim present. Decoration includes a dark blue hand-painted band around rim which is edged in scalloped and scrolled gold bands. Within the blue band are four gold flowers. Below the blue band are four floral groupings, done in decal with yellow, orange, pink, blue, and green colors. There are 3 marks on the back in red: the number 521, a "V" and triangle with a dot in the middle.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-1.1 Dia-5.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Given in memory of the donor's aunt, Ellen Cuthbert Roberts (1857-) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who according to typed statement from donor, "cared for them during her long life and then left them to me." This set was a wedding gift to Ellen Cuthbert Robert's parents, Ellen Chase (1831-1912) and Anthony Cuthbert Roberts (1826-1891) of Philadelphia, PA., who married in 1853. Ellen Cuthbert Roberts was unmarried, and resided with her parents until their death.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Alice Roberts Turner, in memory of Ellen Cuthbert Roberts
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