Collection Highlights
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)
Date:
ca. 1849
Object Number:
MSS.GallatinPapers.1
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cup
Object Number:
1953.733
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. ( 6 x 9.5 x 6.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: on body in blue: "FORGET/me/NOT."
Description:
Cylindrical pearlware cup with handle, with identical blue transfer-printed images of eagle with shield holding arrows travelling in a shell at sea; between the two images is a scrolling cartouche with an inscription.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
