Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Partial dinner set
Object Number:
1996.2a-c
Date:
1930-1938
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall (a): 1 3/8 × 11 3/4 × 14 5/8 in. (3.5 × 29.8 × 37.1 cm)
Overall (b): 3/4 in. × 9 1/4 in. (1.9 × 23.5 cm)
Marks:
printed: in blue in center of platter and plate: "*THE*NEW*YORK*HISTORICAL*SOCIETY*/1804/1938
printed: in blue on reverse of each: "WILLIAM H. PLUMMER & CO./NEW YORK/WEDGWOOD/ETRURIA, ENGLAND."
impressed: on reverse of platter and plate: "WEDGWOOD"
Description:
Creamware platter, dinner plate and creamer with blue transfer-printed border of stylized floral design and emblem of the New-York Historical Society as central motif.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
