Saucer
- Title:
- General Benjamin F. Butler
- Object Name:
- Saucer
- Object ID:
- 1914.007.04 b
- Creator:
- Lux, Rudolph T. (1824-1868)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- New Orleans, LA
- Date:
- 1862
- Description:
- Saucer. Hard paste porcelain; hand painted over glaze and applied gilt. Low round saucer with curved side and straight short foot. Central round depression where cup sits is decorated with a gold eagle, row of 21 small gold stars in arc above eagle. Outer edges of saucer are decorated with furled American flags on cloud background. "Baton Rouge" is top of circle with "1862" as the bottom of the circle with "Aug 5" in center of circle on blue field of flag. Signature in gold, "R. T. Lux" on one red stripe of flag.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-1 Dia-6.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Letter from donor, Charlotte Butler Stevens (1840-1925) of Nottingham, NH: "A piece of China from a set given to Gen. B. F. Butler, by some prominent men of New Orleans, at the close of the Civil War, painted by quite a prominent artist of this time. This piece was given to my mother, his sister, Mrs. Betsey M. Stevens, and by her to me." General Benjamin Franklin Butler, born 1818, Deerfield, NH, was the half-brother of the donor's mother, Betsey Morrill Butler Stevens (1808-1904). The donor was the sister of Elizabeth Stevens Bachelder (1829-1914). It was after Elizabeth's death that Charlotte donated this object pertaining to their uncle, General Benjamin F. Butler, as well as several items pertaining to Elizabeth's husband, artist John Badger Bachelder (1825-1894).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Charlotte Butler Stevens and the Estate of Elizabeth Stevens Bachelder
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