Collection Highlights
Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)
Date:
ca. 1890
Object Number:
PR.020.50.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: Gilpen's Mills
Object Number:
1961.94
Date:
1820-1846
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 in. ( 2.5 x 22.9 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on back in circle around heraldic device: "WOOD & SONS_________WARRANTED"
printed: in blue on back: image of eagle and shield "Gilpins Mill/ON THE BRANDYWINE CREEK" and banner "E PLURIBUS UNUM"
typed: paper label affixed to back: " Gilpin's M
Description:
Molded circular glazed earthenware dish, decorated in dark blue transfer print with view of buildings on water with trees in center and border of shells and sea urchin on rim.
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.
