Collection Highlights
Petition from Lydia Heckle to Marinus Willett, Mayor of New York, re: Miranda expedition, May 16, 1807
Date:
1807
Object Number:
MSS.NewYorkCity.Misc.1
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
plate
Object Number:
1940.865
Date:
ca. 1801
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. ( 1.9 x 24.8 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on brim in capitals: "M. JOHANN ADAM (...) SECKEL No. 65/JOHANN GEORG (..) LUANBECKER 1801"
inscribed: three touchmarks arranged within two-rimmed, round central medallion on reverse: stag, lion, between two towers with "P" and stag, tree with
Description:
Round plate with shallow cavetto, broad brim with inscription and wrigglework motif and double reeded rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Lydia Taylor
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
