Collection Highlights
"Columbia Demands Her Children"
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.30
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Palette that belonged to Augustus Toedteberg
Object Number:
1936.506a
Date:
1844-1855
Medium:
Porcelain, iron, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 24.8 x 19 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
stamped in blue (underglaze): on obverse: "PORCELAINE OPAQUE / MÉDAILLES / D'[OR?] / 183[8?]-39 ET 44 / LEB. . . E MILLIET / 8 . . . / CREIL [ET?] MONTEREAU"
impressed: on obverse: "7"
Description:
Rectangular porcelain on cast iron artist's palette with oval thumb hole and traces of paint on obverse and reverse.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this palette belonged to Augustus Toedteberg (b. 1824), the donor's father.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Miss Emma Toedteberg
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
