Plate: Fulton Steamboat
Classification:
Date:
1820-1830
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 3/8 in. ( 2.5 x 26.4 cm )
Description:
Dark blue transfer printed pearlware plate with slightly scalloped edges; central image depicts Fulton's steamboat with cows in the foreground; the border design is floral.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.90
Marks:
paper collector's label: on back: "FULTON'S STEAMBOAT UNKNOWN MAKER", "Built in 1814, Accomodations for sixty passengers. Piled between New York and ALbany. Left New York on Saturday of each week, reaching Albany the following day. Fare $10/ FROM THE TAY
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
35843
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup and saucer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1840-1865
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
cup: 2 1/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 5.4 x 9.8 cm )
saucer: 1 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 15.6 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware cup with scalloped rim and pink transfer print decoration in interior of log cabin, flag, plough, and keg marked "Hard Cider" and view of mountains and border of flowers, diaper pattern and alternates cartouches of urn with flowers and oval with left side portrait of "Maj. Gen. Wm H. Harrison"; exterior decorated with pink transfer print of log cabin scene extended to include two figures and a dog; molded pearlware saucer with scalloped rim and red transfer print decoration of same scene and border found in interior of cup.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.232ab
Marks:
impressed: on back of saucer: sun or starburst device
stamped: on back of saucer in pink: cartouche "Log Cabin"
stamped: on back of cup: red stamp mark which is covered by paper label
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, the maker is W.A. & S. Adams; this scene is shown in Larsen's book on page 148, #344.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
35838
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate: Franklin's Tomb
Classification:
Date:
1820-1846
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. ( 1.3 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Glazed porcelain pearlware cup plate wiyth blue transfer print decoration of urn and pedestal set among leafy trees and view of water.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.164
Marks:
paper collector's label: affixed to back: "Franklin's Tomb: L & J Phillips"
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, the maker is Edward and George Phillips. Larsen's view differs from that of this object; the object is probably from "Lafayette at Washington's Tomb" , see Halsey, "Pictures of Early New York on Dark Blue Staffordshire Pottery" p. 135.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1846
eMuseum Object ID:
35835
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1819-1836
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 in. ( 2.5 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware plate with irregularly scalloped rim and transfer-printed in violet with a framed view of cascades with couple, backs to us, in foreground, mill in background; birds, roses, & scrolls border printed in blue or violet.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.154
Marks:
printed: on base: "PICTURESQUE VIEWS/ BAKER'S FALLS / HUDSON RIVER"
impressed: on base: round stamp that reads "CLEWS WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE" with crown
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
35812
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: Aqueduct Bridge at Little Falls
Classification:
Date:
1819-1836
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
Slightly fluted blue transfer printed pearlware plate; central image depicts a river and an aqueduct in a rural setting; below the image "AQUEDUCT BRIDGE AT L[ITTLE FALLS]; the border pattern is composed of stars; a fence-like pattern. (Larsen, 3rd ed. no. 677)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.154
Gallery Label:
The maker of this plate has not been identified, although Staffordshire potters like Enoch Wood made transfer prints of this scene. The view is based on a watercolor by James Eights, later engraved for an 1825 memoir by Cadwallader Colden describing the festivities surrounding the completion of the Erie Canal. The canal crossed the Mohawk River at Little Falls, near Utica, where an impressive stone aqueduct with three arches spanned the river.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
35810
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Platter: View of Albany
Classification:
Date:
1840-1843
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 20 x 16 3/8 in. ( 3.8 x 50.8 x 41.6 cm )
Description:
Dark brown transfer printed platter with scalloped edges depicting pastoral river scene including boats with cows and a city in the distance; there is a road and a figure on the left; the border pattern is composed of spaced flower bunches; there are molded birds around the edge of the rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.272
Marks:
printed: in black on back of brim: "View of/Albany/JACKSON'S WARRANTED"
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1843
eMuseum Object ID:
35808
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Platter: Highlands, Hudson River
Classification:
Date:
1820-1846
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 13 x 10 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 33 x 27.3 cm )
Description:
Brown transfer printed glazed earthenware platter with central image depicting the Hudson River highlands including a river paddle boat; the border is made up of flowers and fruit; the edges of the plate are scalloped and ridged. (Larsen, 3rd ed. no. 62)
Credit Line:
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., 1976
Object Number:
INV.14434
Marks:
printed: on back of brim in black: in floral cartouche: "HIGH LANDS/HUDSON RIVER/ EW &S/CELTIC CHINA"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1846
eMuseum Object ID:
35805
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: ABCDEF...
Classification:
Date:
1854-1880
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. ( 1.6 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware plate with alphabet inscribed in low relief around brim and pink stripe at rim; the central view is a black or dark blue transfer printed image of people harvesting sheaves of grain in a field, and a cart with two horses; the image is embellished with green, red, and blue underglaze.
Object Number:
INV.13540
Gallery Label:
This plate is part of the 'ABC series'.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
35798
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tea and dinner service
Classification:
Date:
1810-1820
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
see individual records
Description:
Partial dinner service, not all pieces extant; see individual object records for details.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
1956.141a-z
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
35793
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish
Classification:
Date:
1810-1820
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 7 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. ( 2.9 x 20 x 14.3 cm )
Description:
Molded leaf-shaped "Canton" porcelain dish with blue underglaze decoration depicting Chinese river scene with bridges and buildings; border pattern consists of an underglaze blue band with blue asterisks and lines bounded by a feather edge band with a scalloped border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
1956.141L
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
35791
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.













