Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
1961.154
Date:
1819-1836
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 in. ( 2.5 x 22.9 cm )
Marks:
printed: on base: "PICTURESQUE VIEWS/ BAKER'S FALLS / HUDSON RIVER"
impressed: on base: round stamp that reads "CLEWS WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE" with crown
Description:
Molded pearlware plate with irregularly scalloped rim and transfer-printed in violet with a framed view of cascades with couple, backs to us, in foreground, mill in background; birds, roses, & scrolls border printed in blue or violet.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
