Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pitcher:1810 Burdett For ever Willm. Smith
Object Number:
1951.133
Date:
1810
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 6 in. ( 19 x 21.6 x 15.2 cm )
Marks:
hand written: on underside- jelly label: "#37"
inscribed: under spout in silver and red wreath: "1810/BURDETT/FOR EVER/ WILLM SMITH"
inscribed: below bust portraits on either side: "The determined enemy of corruption & the /Constituition friend of his S
Description:
Pearlware pitcher with silver luster banding with orange transfer print medallions and inscriptions.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Jean Morron and Mr. and Mrs. L.R. Burch in memory of John R. Morron and Belle G. Morron
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
