Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate. Battery Pc.
Object Number:
1961.106
Date:
1831-1843
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. ( 2.2 x 19.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: in black on back: "Battery & C/New York/JACKSONS WARRANTED"
stamped: on back: circular pinwheel pattern 3/8 inches in diameter.
Description:
Black transfer printed plate with central image depicting the Battery with two pairs of figures in the foreground; the border pattern is composed of small and large flowers; the rim is scalloped and has a pattern of rounded dots.
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.
