Collection Highlights
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
Date:
ca. 1793
Object Number:
1928.18
Medium:
White marble
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cup, saucer, and platter
Object Number:
1955.233abc
Date:
1920-1950
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Cup: 3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 8.6 x 6.4 cm )
Part (platter): 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 x 7/8 in. (16.5 x 23.8 x 2.2 cm)
Part (saucer):
Marks:
printed: on base of saucer in green: "Old Ivory/Syracuse China (on ribbon)/O.P.Co."
printed: on saucer: "Made in America"; in black : "CC3"; "CC4"; in red: "C"; on cup: "K"; on platter: "B"
Description:
Molded creamware cup, saucer, and oval platter with gold borders and oval medallion with printed polychrome portrait of George Washington (cup and platter only).
Gallery Label:
This cup, saucer, and platter are probably from a larger collection of the Cheaspeake and Ohio railroad china (1955.175- 1955.262);
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Fluekiger
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
