Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cup
Object Number:
1961.233c
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 3 1/2 in. ( 7.6 x 8.9 cm )
Marks:
printed: on adhesive label on underside of cup: "192" [collector's label]
Description:
Refined white earthenware cup with light blue transfer print of "Utica, New York"; cup molded with twelve panels, flaring rim, and circular foot; transfer-printed with light blue pattern of flowers and vines on top half of cup; bottom of cup has scene with buildings, including church, and figures in foreground.
Gallery Label:
The transfer-printed scene inside the cup supposedly represents Utica, New York.
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.
