Collection Highlights
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)
Date:
ca. 1849
Object Number:
MSS.GallatinPapers.1
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dish: sauce plate
Object Number:
1961.402
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. ( 1.6 x 13 cm )
Marks:
pressed: on interior rim, bottom: "VICTORIA"
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass dish; circular form with scalloped edge; silhouette of Queen Victoria at center of well, surrounded by stippled sunburst pattern capped by curved scroll; scrolled pattern (with leaf-like forms) along interior rim, on stippled ground; crown at top of plate, with sunburst at each side, and "VICTORIA" written in script at bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
