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2020-181,1-5, Garniture
Garniture
2020-181,1-5, Garniture

Garniture

Dateca. 1785
MediumHard-paste porcelain
Dimensions1) OH: 6 5/8"; OW: 3" 2) OH: 5 71/6"; OW: 3" 3) OH: 6 1/2"; OW: 2 7/8" 4) OH: 5 1/4"; OW: 3 1/16" 5) OH: 6 1/2"; OW: 2 7/8"
Credit LineBequest of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hennage
Object number2020-181,5a&b
DescriptionChinese export porcelain miniature "tobacco leaf" garniture comprising of three baluster vases with covers and two trumpet vases.
Label TextPainted with a pattern often referred to by collectors as “tobacco leaf” or “pseudo-tobacco leaf,” the floral and leafy decoration on this five-piece garniture was particularly popular in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century America; archaeological evidence and intact survivals with histories of ownership reveal the pattern was owned in Virginia, Maryland, and South Carolina.

A gift from Joe Hennage to his wife June, this particular garniture graced the parlor mantel of the Hennages’ Williamsburg home for many years and was among their early porcelain acquisitions.