Collection Highlights
American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States
Date:
1880
Object Number:
LIB.Y1808.W
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Soup plate
Object Number:
1961.150
Date:
1826-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. ( 3.8 x 25.7 cm )
Marks:
typed: affixed to back: paper label "U.S. Hotel/[illegible]/"Tams"
Description:
Dark blue slightly scalloped transfer printed soup plate; central image depicts a four-story hotel building and three figures on the lawn in front ( two women and a girl); the border pattern is composed of trees with heavy foliage that are actually part of the central image (U.S. Hotel).
Gallery Label:
The image is that of the U.S. Hotel in Philadelphia.
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.
