Collection Highlights
Twenty-third Street west of Sixth Avenue
Date:
1900
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
1961.357
Date:
1812-1830
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. ( 2.2 x 24.8 cm )
Marks:
transfer-printed: on underside of plate: "BEAUTIES OF AMERICA/CITY HALL/NEW YORK/J&W RIDGWAY"
printed: on adhesive label on underside of plate: "28"
typed: on label on underside of plate: "...urchased of Mr. Calvin Ph.../Seatlle Wash...."
Description:
Molded pearlware plate with dark blue transfer print of City Hall, New York; border of 12 flowers in reserves; central image of City Hall with trees and three figures in foreground.
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.
