Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Platter
Object Number:
1961.274
Date:
1821-1829
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 12 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. ( 3.2 x 31.4 x 25.1 cm )
Marks:
impressesd: on back in circle around crown: "A S_______NSON WARRANTED, STAFFORDSHIRE"
printed: on back in blue cobalt image of eagle holding banner "View near Catskill/ in the River Hudson/ by W.G. Wall. Esgn (Esgr.); "8"
Description:
Rectangular pearlware platter with dark blue transfer printed female and male hiker in foreground and multi-storied building with porch set among tree and flowers and scrolls and borders on rim. (Hudson River) (Larsen, 3rd ed. no. 89)
Gallery Label:
According to the mark on the back of the platter, the source of this view is a painting by William Guy Wall (1792-after 1864).
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.
