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THBNewhall Porcelain Tableware of Marquis de Lafayette Interest
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Cincinnati , OH 45232
United States
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LiveJun 20, 2015 - Jun 21, 2015
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- Lot Description
English, late 18th-early 19th century. An early hard paste porcelain tableware group by Newhall consisting of 52 pieces, including 17 saucers, 11 dessert plates, 10 consommé cups, 8 teacups, 1 lidded coffee pot, 1 lidded teapot, 1 lidded sugar bowl, 1 creamer, 1 footed bowl, and 1 oval platter. The entire group decorated with a band of patterned gilding interspersed with reddish pink flower heads against a milky white ground. Some pieces marked N.103, N103, or 103 in red on the underside, otherwise unmarked; dessert plate dia. 7, coffee pot ht. 9.5 in.
According to family history, this tableware set was a gift from General Lafayette (French, 1757-1834) to Dr. Peter Turner (American, 1751-1822) and his wife Eliza Child Turner (American, 1752-1819). Dr. Turner served as a surgeon in the 1st Rhode Island Regiment of the Continental Army under General James Varnum (American, 1748-1789) and Colonel Christopher Greene (American, 1737-1781). Family tradition tells us that he was at the Battle of Red Bank and served on General George Washington's staff at Valley Forge. Following the war, Peter and his wife Eliza Child settled in East Greenwich, Rhode Island at 21 Courthouse Lane, across the street from their brother-in-law General Varnum, whose wife Martha Child was Eliza's sister.
In a journal entry written to her children, Hettie Foster Turner Harlan (1850-1937), described how her family received the china. "General Lafayette was a dear friend of great grandfather's and Uncle Varnum's as he was taught to us [sic] to call the general. Lafayette was entertained at Uncle Varnum's house and the room he occupied while with them and [sic] has always been kept as he used it. When General Lafayette returned to this country he brought many beautiful gifts to our great grandmother among them a beautiful set of dishes and a beautiful dress which I inherited. Many interesting anecdotes have been told me [sic] of those times when I was a little child by my father's sisters as related to them by their grandmother, surgeon Peter Turner's wife of Revolutionary times."
Provenance: Descended in the Turner Family of Newport, RISome pieces with glaze discoloration and crazing. Teapot with a large chip to spout and a repaired break to lid. Creamer with a break to rim. One saucer with a break. Two dessert plates with large chips. Otherwise some minor chips and cracks scattered throughout.Condition
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