Collection Highlights
Important meeting of the African Civilization Society, at the Cooper Institute, Wednesday evening, March 7th, 1860, at eight o'clock
Date:
1860
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1860.48
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter
Object Number:
1961.332
Date:
1829-1836
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 12 3/8 x 10 3/4 in. ( 6 x 31.4 x 27.3 cm )
Marks:
hand painted: on back in blue: "6" or "9" or "G"
paper stamp: affixed to back with black printed numbers: "297"
Description:
Rectangular glazed earthenware dish with view of Hudson, New York; impressed dot border on scalloped edge and transfer printed decoration in light cobalt blue of historical view of two fishermen with nets in foreground and town in background and border of roses, scrolls, brackets and birds in rim.
Gallery Label:
This view, after a painting by William Guy Wall published in the "Hudson River Port Folio," represents the town of Hudson, New York.
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.
