Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
1961.166
Date:
1832-1843
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 27.3 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "JACKSONS WARRANTED (in cartouche)"; "WHITE /SULPHUR SPRINGS/TOWN OF/DELAWARE OHIO/22 MILES FROM THE/ CITY OF COLUMBUS"
typed: affixed to back: paper label "WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS OHIO (VERY RARE) ERECTED AS HEALTH RESORT 1832. PURCH
Description:
Molded of white clay with irregularly scalloped edge printed in light blue with central view of building in park; figure in foreground shooting rifle border of cartouches of exotic city alternating with floral medallion (White Sulphur Springs, Ohio).
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
