{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"5811"},"subclassification":{"label":"Sub-classification","value":"English Earthenware"},"markings":{"label":"Markings","value":"Impressed Boston Mails above steam ship"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"The Barbara and James Moscovich Collection of Canadian Historical China"},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"G13.15.22a-b"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Teacup and saucer from the \"Boston Mails\" series. The cup depicts a scene of a gentleman's cabin on an ocean liner. On the inside rim a transfer print portraying the ship. The saucer shows another variation of the gentlmens cabin with 3 figures sitting at a table. The rim of the sauce also portrays the image of a ship.Boston Mails SeriesThe Boston Mails series depicts views of steamships from the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company. In 1840 Canadian Samuel Cunard (1787-1865) of Halifax, Nova Scotia was the first to cross the Atlantic with a fleet of wooden paddle-wheelers \u2013 steam replaced sails \u2013 carrying the royal mails, and following regular schedules. Sir William Edward Parry awarded Cunard the £60 contract in 1830 because he promised to deliver the mail with a schedule and punctuality similar to the railway trains.  Three different potters celebrated Cunard's achievements who formed a partnership with a Scotsman and built four ships:  Britannia, Acadia, Caledonia and Columbia.  Though reflecting contact with Boston, this pattern was popular in Canada, appearing in Toronto in the 1840s."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Earthenware with pink transfer print"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaRenditionNumber":"G13.15.22b","publicAccess":"true","mediaImageURL":"https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/9816/full","rank":"0","pixelHeight":"3091","pixelWidth":"3107","mediaID":"9816"},{"mediaRenditionNumber":"G13.15.22a-b","publicAccess":"true","mediaImageURL":"https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/9819/full","rank":"0","pixelHeight":"2994","pixelWidth":"3979","mediaID":"9819"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Teacup and saucer with View of Gentlemen's Cabin with ship in the interior (from the Boston Mails Series)"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"European Ceramics"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":"J. and T. Edwards"},"rels":{"label":"Relations","value":"[]"},"subclassification2":{"label":"Sub-classification 2","value":""},"primaryMedia":{"value":"https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/9819/full"},"subclassification3":{"label":"Sub-classification 3","value":""},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":["19th and early 20th Century Ceramics","Ceramics for the Canadian Market"]},"culture":{"label":"Culture","value":"English"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1840-1851"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"184581"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Overall (Cup): 2 9/16 × 3 15/16 × 3 9/16 in. (6.5 × 10 × 9 cm)Overall (Saucer): 13/16 × 4 3/4 in. (2 × 12 cm)"}}]}