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Date:
1788
Object Number:
1903.12
Medium:
Silk, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter: Courthouse Boston
Object Number:
1961.348
Date:
1814-1830
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 10 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. ( 2.9 x 26.7 x 20 cm )
Marks:
printed: in blue on back: "BEAUTIES OF AMERICA/ (in cartouche)COURT HOUSE/ BOSTON/ J & W RIDGWAY"; "1"
Description:
Oval earthenware dish with blue transfer printed view of neo-classical building (Court House, Boston) with cupola, male and female figure in foreground; medallions of rose and leaf border.
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.
