America

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CultureEnglish

Titles

America
The Four Corners of the Globe

Datec. 1770–1780

Possible placeChelsea, England

Possible placeChelsea-Derby, England

MediumSoft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding

Dimensions8 3/4 × 4 5/8 × 4 3/16 in. (22.3 × 11.7 × 10.7 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Mrs. Fred T. Couper, Jr. in loving memory of her mother, Mrs. William Victor Bowles

Object numberB.87.1.1

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Drawing Room

On view

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

DescriptionThis figure, one of a set representing The Four Corners of the Globe, is a personification of America from a distinctly Eurocentric perspective. The figure, with a feathered headdress and a quiver of arrows, is depicted as a Native American. The alligator at its feet was America’s most commonly used animal attribute.
Provenance[Philip Suval, New York]; purchased by MFAH, November 3, 1986.
Exhibition HistoryMuseum purchase from a dealer exhibiting at The Theta Charity Antique Show in Houston

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