Collection Highlights
Badge of the Society of the Cincinnati
Date:
ca. 1802
Object Number:
1972.12ab
Medium:
Silk, gold, enamel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
INV.632
Date:
1837-1860
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
overall: 1 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.
Marks:
inscribed: in cartouches on border: "WE HOLD / THAT ALL MEN [ITAL] ARE CREATED EQUAL"; "OF ONE BLOOD/ ARE ALL [ITAL]/ NATIONS OF/ MEN"; "THE TYRANTS FOE [SIC]/ THE PEOPLES FRIEN[D]."
inscribed: in cartouches, central inscription: "CONGRESS/ SHALL MAKE N
Description:
Light blue transfer printed pearlware plate with scalloped edges; there are four cartouches with inscription or images around the border as well as four eagles with shields; the center of the plate also has an inscription; all of the inscriptions are quotations from the Constitution.
Gallery Label:
The underlying theme of this plate is abolition. See Larsen, p.212
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
