Collection Highlights
Fort Hamilton Polka Redowa
Date:
1852
Object Number:
PR.020.1.1
Medium:
Color Lithograph.
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Luce Center
Mold and plates
Object Number:
1956.53a-e
Date:
1950-1955
Medium:
Plaster, whiteware
Dimensions:
Each (plates): 10 1/4 x 1 in. (26 x 2.5 cm)
Part (mold): 12 1/8 x 4 in. (30.8 x 10.2 cm)
Marks:
printed: on reverse of 1953.56d and e: "LYRIC/SYRACUSE/China/MADE IN AMERICA"
typed: printed label with plate 1956.53b: "THE PLATE HAS BEEN FIRED ONCE AND IS KNOWN AS A 'BISCUIT' PLATE"; "Progressive Series No. 3"; "SYRACUSE /CHINA/SINCE 1871"
typed: p
Description:
Disk-shaped plaster plate mold; four whiteware plates at different levels of completion made from mold.
Gallery Label:
The series shows steps in the manufacturing of glazed and decorated pottery plates, from biscuit to glazing to application of transfer printed decorations.
Credit Line:
Gift of Onondaga Pottery Co.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
