Cup and Saucer

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Verplancks allied with opposing sides during the Revolutionary War, Samuel with the Patriots and Judith with the Loyalists. When the British occupied Manhattan, Samuel left for upstate New York, but Judith remained in their house on Wall Street. These pieces are from a delicate porcelain tea service said to have been given to Judith Verplanck by Sir William Howe, commander in chief of the British forces in New York.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.

Metropolitan Museum of Art