Collection Highlights
Aaron Burr (1756-1836)
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1927.59
Medium:
Plaster with wash
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
1947.540
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. ( 4.4 x 23.8 cm )
Description:
Reassembled drape-molded redware plate with serrated rim and obverse with slip-trailed decoration of three stripes flanked by rows of wavy lines.
Gallery Label:
This plate was formerly part of the Reginald Pelham Bolton collection of Colonial and Revolutionary War relics in the Morris-Jumel Mansion. It was found on the site of the Van Oblienis house near Fort Washington Avenue and 176th Street, in 1913. See the N-YHS Quarterly (October 1929), p. 89, item 14, p. 98.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, D. A. R.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
