TUCKER AND HEMPHILL CHINA FACTORY (ACTIVE 1826-1838), PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1830

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A PORCELAIN COFFEE, TEA AND DESSERT SERVICE
TUCKER AND HEMPHILL CHINA FACTORY (ACTIVE 1826-1838), PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1830
bearing gilt script initials MCM for Mary Carpenter Mayer (1784-1853) of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, comprising:
A coffee pot, 7¼ in. high
Two teapots and covers, 5 1/8 in. high
A creamer, 4¾ in. high
A sugar bowl and cover, 5¾ in. high
A waste bowl, 6¼ in. diameter
Two sweetmeat dishes, 10 5/8 in. diameter
Eleven tea cups, 2¾ in. high
Twelve saucers, 5 3/8 in. diameter
Twelve dessert plates, 6 1/8 in. diameter (47)

Provenance

Mary Carpenter Smith Mayer (Mrs. George Mayer), Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Thence by descent to Mr. and Mrs. J.W.B. Bausman, Jr., Exton, Pennsylvania
Sold, Christie's, New York, 2 June 1990, lots 108-111 and 114-115
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1991

Literature

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Tucker China 1825-1838 (Philadelphia, 1957), p. 36.
Stuart Feld, Neo-Classicism in America: Inspiration and Innovation 1810-1840 (New York, 1991), pp. 112-113.

Exhibited

Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Tucker China 1825-1838," 4 May - 9 September 1957, nos. 616-630.

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