Collection Highlights
Interior of Durand's Studio at Maplewood, New Jersey
Date:
After 1878
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.1
Medium:
Albumen print
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: America Independent
Object Number:
1961.113
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 26 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on back of plate: medallion with eagle and shield at center
inscribed: on back of plate:"ENOCH WOOD & SONS/BURSALEM"
inscribed: on front of plate: cartouche at top "AMERICA/INDEPENDENT/JULY 4/1776"
inscribed: cartouche at bottom: "WASHING
Description:
Blue transfer printed pearlware plate with central view of men in a rowboat landing on a rocky shore; Indians stand on the right; the border pattern is composed of cartouches with inscriptions or images of a ship and alternating with eagles and scrolling acanthus leaves.
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.
