BY WILLIAM ELLIS TUCKER (ACTIVE 1827-1838), PHILADELPHIA, 1827-1838

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A PAIR OF PORCELAIN MONOGRAMMED AND RETICULATED COMPOTES
BY WILLIAM ELLIS TUCKER (ACTIVE 1827-1838), PHILADELPHIA, 1827-1838
The interior of each basket gilt with MCM monogram
10 ½ in. high (each)

Provenance

Mary Carpenter Smith Mayer (Ms. George Mayer), Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Mr. and Mrs. J.W.B. Bausman, Jr., Exton, Pennsylvania
Christie's, New York, 2 June 1990, lot 107
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1991

Literature

Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Neo-Classicism In America: Inspiration and Innovation (New York, 1991), p. 112, no. 84.
Tom Armstrong, Amy Coes, Ella Foshay, and Wendell Garrett, An American Odyssey: The Warner Collection of Fine and Decorative Arts (New York, 2001), p. 194.

Exhibited

Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Tucker China, 1825-1838, 1957.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Neo-Classicism in America: Inspiration and Innovation, 27 April - 7 June 1991.

Lot Essay

These compotes bear the monogram MCM for Mary Carpenter Mayer (1784-1853), wife of Colonel George Mayer. Colonel Mayer was an ironmonger and hardware merchant of Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Neo-Classicism In America: Inspiration and Innovation, (New York, 1991) p. 112, no. 84).

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