Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plaque or medallion with cameo in box
Object Number:
1947.408
Date:
1825-1860
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 1.3 x 11.4 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on back: "JA"
hand written: on box: "Miss Scoon[?]/this has been a [cp?]/to James H. Hyde/CR/10/9/47"
Description:
Circular Jasperware medallion with white molded portrait of Lafayette on light blue ground and blue band around brim; holes in back at top with string threaded thru.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. James Hazen Hyde
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
