DELFT CHARGER DEPICTING KING WILLIAM London Circa 1690 13 1 / 2 inch Diameter
Reference: For a very similar designed charger please see Michael Archer, Delftware, The Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum , figure A.6. Other chargers having the same decoration are in the Collection of The Milwaukee Art Museum and The Bayou Bend Collection.
THE PIERPONT FAMILY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY CHEST Cambridge or Boston Circa 1680 Primary Wood: Oak Secondary Woods: Oak, White Pine Height: 25 inches, Width: 46 inches, Depth: 17 1 / 2 inches
DELFT POLYCHROME TULIP CHARGER London Circa 1700 13 inch Diameter
Provenance: An old handwritten note inside the lid records that "This chest was brought from England by the Pierpont family who came to America in 1640. It was in the family of Ebenezer Pierpont, who was the son of Samuel Pierpont, eldest son of Joseph Pierpont, the first of the name that settled in North Haven. Said Joseph was one of the sons of Reverend James Pierpont of New Haven. This chest was given by Ebenezer Pierpont to Rufus Pierpont, son of his cousin Daniel Pierpont in 1854, with a request that it be kept in the Pierpont family..." Reference: For a discussion of early Boston cabinetmaking and in particular the Harvard Joiner shop please see Robert F. Trent and Michael Podmaniczky,“An Early Cupboard Fragment from the Harvard College Joinery Tradition” in American Furniture, 2002 .
Reference: For similar examples please see Michael Archer, Catalogue of Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum , pages 42-44.
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