Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pitcher: Charity
Object Number:
1951.145
Date:
1810-1825
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 14.6 x 17.1 x 13.3 cm )
Marks:
printed: in brown under image #1: "CHARITY"
printed: in brown under image #2: "HOPE"
Description:
Molded pearlware pitcher with broken scroll handle; silver luster bands around rim, spout, and foot, and along edges of handle; two brown transfer printed images are also encircled in silver luster; the front image depicts a woman and three children, and the second a woman sitting by the seashore next to an anchor; silver luster burst under spout.M
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
