Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Child's plate
Object Number:
INV.13543
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 5 5/8 in. ( 1.6 x 14.3 cm )
Marks:
impressed: maker's mark on back of plate: illegible
printed: in black on front of plate: "At twelve years old he talk'd with men:/the Jews all wandering stand:/Yet he obeyed his mother then. And came at her command."
Description:
Molded pearlware plate with floral border in low relief, bordered by a pink stripe; at center, black transfer-printed image of the young, haloed Jesus speaking with some men, as his mother takes him by the hand; inscriptions above and below image; image embellished by hand with pink, blue, and yellow overglaze.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
