Collection Highlights
Siamese Twins
Date:
1836
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1836.55
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
1961.128
Date:
1835-1845
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 23.2 cm )
Marks:
transfer-printed: in black on underside of plate: [eagle] "Stone ware/RUINS/MERCHANTS'/EXCHANGE"
printed: on adhesive label on underside of plate: "71" [collector's label]
typed: on label on underside of plate: "In 1835 the "Great Fire" swept over thirt
Description:
Molded pearlware plate with black transfer print of the ruins of the Merchant's Exchange; border of eight reserves alternating with firefighting emblems and American eagle; central image of facade of Merchant's Exchange after the Great Fire of 1835; figures in foreground looking at building.
Gallery Label:
This plate is from a series of three that depict the devastation of the Great Fire of December 16, 1835, that destroyed nearly seven hundred buildings. The Merchants' Exchange, completed in 1827, was a building of both financial importance and architectural beauty; Coenties Slip was a bustling commercial pier.
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.
