Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Figurines: boy w/bouquet and young woman
Object Number:
1942.648a
Date:
1845-1860
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall (a): 8 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (21.6 × 7 × 8.3 cm)
Marks:
impressed: on bottom: a shield with upraised arm and sword. / "8520" / "3"
painted: on bottom in grey: "95"
Description:
Biscuit porcelain figurines of boy and girl in white accented with orange; hollow stump behind each figure serves as vase for flowers.
Credit Line:
Purchase from the Estate of Charles G. Thompson
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
