Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
1961.161
Date:
1820-1846
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 14.6 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on back:"E. WOOD & SONS BURSLEM WARRANTED/SEMI CHINA" is around eagle and shield and "W"
Description:
Glazed pearlware plate decorated with blue and white transfer printed image of the White House with two cows grazing in the foreground and surrounded by a shell border.
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.
