Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1856-1857
Object Number:
1857.11
Medium:
Oak
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
1961.84
Date:
1825-1827
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 26 cm )
Marks:
transfer-printed: on underside of plate: "NIAGARA" with banner and urn
impressed: on underside of plate: "A. STEVENSON. WARRANTED. STAFFORDSHIRE" around crown
printed: on adhesive label on underside of plate: "22" [collector's label]
typed: on jelly la
Description:
Molded pearlware plate with dark blue transfer print of "Niagara" and the "Entrance of the Canal into the Hudson at Albany"; rim of plate has floral transfer print with four medallion portraits at top of Jefferson, Lafayette, Clinton, and Washington; at bottom of rim is view of the entrance to the Erie Canal at Albany; central image has Niagara falls in background and hunting scene in foreground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
