Minton's Porcelain | Salad Bowl | From J.P. Morgan's Corsair | 1898 China with doors and windows

with doors and windows

5" W x 8" diam

Porcelain gravy boat with a hand-painted monogram of the letter "R" and painted gold trim by an unknown yacht owner and member of the NY Yacht Club

Compass inside reads "Pascall Atkey & Sons

Minton's Porcelain | Salad Bowl | From J.P. Morgan's Corsair | 1898 China with doors and windowsPersonal dinnerware made exclusively for J. Pierpont Morgan (1837 1913) for use aboard his personal steam yacht Corsair, built in 1890. This soup bowl by Minton's has the J. Pierpont Morgan signature navy blue trim with gold accents. Reverse has Mintons stamp. Inside top of the bowl has the New York Yacht Club burgee and the Commodore flag crossing staffs with a blue banner beneath reading "Flagship". J. P. Morgan was elected New York Yacht Club