Collection Highlights
Memorial sample card
Date:
Object Number:
1947.490a
Medium:
Watercolor and hair on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
1961.100
Date:
1825-1846
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 8 1/4 in. ( 2.2 x 21 cm )
Marks:
printed: on obverse: "ENTRANCE OF/ THE ERIE CANAL/ INTO THE HUDSON/ AT ALBANY"
printed: tags glued to reverse: "Purchased from the Henry G. Taylor Collection, Nov 10, 1923 Westfield Mass/ By Woods"; " Total cost of the Erie Canal about nine million dolla
Description:
Circular pearlware plate with lobed rim; dark blue transfer printed flower and leaf border;view of triple arched bridge spanning a canal. (Erie Canal).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
