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Two Export Tea Bowls (Saucers)

Charming export bowls with family. Father holding falcon, Mother and child watching.

Object number: 1975.7.1 and 1975.7.2

Dimensions: 5 1/4” diameter

One given by Joel Lane Questers, other given in memory of Mrs. Marshall Haywood (Mattie Bailey) and Mrs. Sprague Silver (Bessie Hinton)

Estimated age circa 1780.



What visitors say

Thank you so much for leading us on a guided tour of the Joel Lane House! I had no idea that the kitchen was separate from the main house, and how different the two are. I had always assumed that the most dangerous job for a slave was in the fields, but your expertise showed me that the kitchen (because of the heat and potential for fire) was actually the most dangerous for a slave woman…

Maggie