Collection Highlights
Punch bowl: Landing of Lafayette
Date:
1840-1850
Object Number:
1910.24
Medium:
Earthenware
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fulton Trust Company Plaquette
Object Number:
INV.3541
Date:
1915
Medium:
Gilt bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 15/16 x 3 1/4 x 1/4 in. ( 5 x 8.2 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: edge, lower center: "WHITEHEAD - HOAG"
Description:
Gilt bronze struck plaquette with obverse showing facing bust-length portrait of Robert Fulton within circular panel at upper left labelled: "ROBERT FULTON"; mountain range and river navigated by steamship labelled: "CLERMONT" in background; banner with inscription below: "1890 FULTON TRUST COMPANY/OF NEW YORK/1915." Reverse bears inscription: "COMMEMORATING/THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY/OF THE/FULTON TRUST COMPANY/OF NEW YORK/1890-1915."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
