Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: Battle of Plattsburgh
Object Number:
1939.399
Date:
1913
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 24.8 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "COMMODORE MACDONOUGH'S VICTORY/BATTLE OF PLATTSBURGH/SEPT. 11, 1814" and "ROYAL DOULTON/ENGLAND" beneath lion and crown and "THE TUTTLE AND PARSHALL CO./PLATTSBURGH, N.Y./ SOLE IMPORTERS"
impressed: on reverse: "DOULTON'S/10-13"
Description:
Earthenware plate; dark blue transfer printed cartouche, shell, diapering, and floral swag border; central view of battle between three ships (Commodore Macdonough's Victory, Battle of Plattsburgh)
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
