Collection Highlights
The Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theater, Washington D.C. April 14th 1865
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.60
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pitcher
Object Number:
1961.313
Date:
1824-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 10.2 x 14 x 9.5 cm )
Marks:
printed: beneath base: "Z"
stamped: on base of handle: "24"
printed: on rim: "IN COMMEMORATION OF THE/VISIT, OF GEN. LAFAYETTE TO/THE U.S. OF AMERICA, IN THE YEAR/1824"
printed: around portrait: "FAYETTE/THE NATIONS GUEST"
printed: on rim: "FIRST IN W
Description:
Pearlware pitcher with angular bamboo-shaped handle; blue transfer print portraits of Lafayette and George Washington; floral border in interior 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.
