Collection Highlights
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
Date:
ca. 1793
Object Number:
1928.18
Medium:
White marble
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
1987.3
Date:
1760-1820
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 24.8 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware plate with slightly scalloped edge printed with underglaze blue with "willow pattern"; central view of Chinese pagoda on river with bridge and three figures on it, boat in water, two lovebirds above.
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this dish was in the Muzzey Tavern and was sold to Muzzey to the Buckmans shortly before the Revolution.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Walston S. Brown
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
