Dish
- Object Name:
- Dish
- Object ID:
- 1937.010
- Place of Origin:
- Paris, France
- Date:
- circa 1790
- Description:
- Sauceboat Stand. Molded porcelain. Pointed oval body with shallow curved sides and straight foot; molded interwoven leaves with gold enamel bands around rim and center ring; gold decoration on handle; blue and green cornflower sprig decorations on front; Overglaze red four lines of letters roman capital "NUF RB / GRle Duc / goulem [c] / Paris." printed on back; Script on a slightly curved piece of paper with curlycues around the edge and gold and green decoration around the edges: "This piece of China / belonged to a dinner service manufactured in France [the small the design known as "The Bourbon Sprig"] for the establishment of the / [short line in between with 5-petaled flower] Duke d'Angouleme. Flower with 5 petals. Then line "It came into the possession, was brought to America, and used by the first French Minister Genet who gave / v set to is friend, Robert Morris - the financier - when he was recalled to Paris in 1794." /Handed down in the Morris family. It now rests with the great great grandson / of Robert Morris, who presents this piece with all good wishes to / Miss Charlotte Stillings / on the occasion of / her marriage. / Dunbarton / June 2, / 1909". Framed in oval shadowbox; black velvet liner with glass and gilded frame.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- W-6.6 L-10.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by Louis-Antoine, Duke of Angouleme. Given by Edmond Charles Genet, French Minister to the United States, to Robert Morris, in 1794. Passed to Thomas and Sarah (Kane) Morris, son of Robert Morris. From them it was bequeathed to their daughter Caroline Julia Morris, who married John Stark in 1837. Their son, Charles F. M. Stark presented the stand to Charlotte M. Stillings on her marriage, June 2, 1909 to Isaac Hill of Concord.
- Credit Line:
- On loan from Kenison M. Hill
- People:
- Morris, Robert, Genet, Edmond Charles, Angouleme, Louis-Antoine, Duke of, Hill, Kenison M., Stillings, Charlotte M. (1879-1910), Stark, Charles F. M. (1847-1934)
- Subjects:
- Dining
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