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The Lenox Legacy: America's Greatest Porcelain, 1889 – 2005
August 13, 2008 - December 31, 2010
Wed. – Fri., noon to 5:00 pm; Sat. and Sun., 10:00 am to 5:00 pm (Oct. – June); Wed. – Sun., noon to 5:00 pm (July – Sept.). The Museum is closed Mondays, Tuesdays and major holidays.
973-596-6550
http://www.newarkmuseum.org
The Lenox Legacy showcases highlights of the century-old collection of Lenox porcelains in the Newark Museum’s collection, from the first gifts in 1911 to the Brown-Forman donation in 2007. Hand-painted porcelain vases, minutely modeled porcelain figurines, and even sleek modern designs from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s are included. At the center of the exhibition is one of only two known porcelain busts of Walter Scott Lenox himself, modeled in 1917 by Isaac Broome. Fittingly set in the Museum’s Walter Scott Lenox Pavilion (funded in 1989 by Brown-Forman, Inc.), Mr. Lenox’s bust is surrounded by large, undecorated Victorian vessels of pure ivory porcelain. These ghostly vessels serve as a reminder of the vanished era when porcelain was art, and when Trenton was the center of porcelain making in the Western Hemisphere.
Newark Museum
49 Washington Street
NEWARK, 07102
973-596-6550
http://www.newarkmuseum.org
Location Description
Suggested admission: adults $9; children, seniors, and students $6. Members free.
