Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ceramic fragment bowl base
Object Number:
1921.37h
Date:
1775-1810
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 1.6 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Earthenware bowl fragment; pearlware base with blue transfer-printed Oriental figure.
Gallery Label:
This fragment was found inside the hull of a ship uncovered in 1920 during subway excavations at Broad and Front Streets in lower Manhattan.
Credit Line:
Gift of Maurice Blumenthal
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
