On View
Not on viewTureens
Dateca. 1790
Terms
- Tureens
- Ceramic
- China
Dimensions30.46 × 15.23 cm (12 × 6 in.)
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberC344
DescriptionTureen with cover. Glazed porcelain, hard paste. River and island scene in blue and white. Border of diaper with an ornament in mesh and picquet edge. Nanking border.
Only ten pieces of tableware survive from the much more extensive collection of plates, bowls, glasses, and flatware that Cynthia Thoreau would have used to furnish her table. The Thoreau household generally had one or more boarders in addition to the family of six. Prudence Ward and her daughter were boarders with the Thoreaus; Cynthia Thoreau's sister Louisa lived with them for more than thirty years. Some of John and Henry's students boarded when their school was in operation, and there were other short-term boarders as well. Dinners for ten or more must have been a regular occurrence.
Only ten pieces of tableware survive from the much more extensive collection of plates, bowls, glasses, and flatware that Cynthia Thoreau would have used to furnish her table. The Thoreau household generally had one or more boarders in addition to the family of six. Prudence Ward and her daughter were boarders with the Thoreaus; Cynthia Thoreau's sister Louisa lived with them for more than thirty years. Some of John and Henry's students boarded when their school was in operation, and there were other short-term boarders as well. Dinners for ten or more must have been a regular occurrence.
Collections
- Henry David Thoreau Collection
