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Saucer
c. 182019th Century
1 in. x 6 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in.
Unidentified,
Object Type:
Decorative Art
Medium and Support:
porcelain
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Griswold Terry Atkins
Accession Number:
1985.9.46
A Chinese export porcelain saucer which is part of a large set of antique green Fitzhugh porcelain bearing a gold initial "G" for Griswold in the center. This set descended in the Richard Sill Griswold family. The sides of this saucer are more sloped than the others, making it seem more like a bowl even though it is the same diameter as the other saucers. Richard Sill Griswold (1809-1849) graduated from Yale in 1829 and went to China as his father's agent in the shipping firm of N.L. & G. Griswold, merchants in the China Trade. He lived in China for several years before returning to America. He built the home called Boxwood in Old Lyme.