Collection Highlights
"In relation to Foreign Nations." Draft of Federalist #64
Date:
ca. 1788
Object Number:
MSS.JohnJayPapers.1
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Plate: Brooklyn Ferry from series American Views
Object Number:
2000.25
Date:
ca. 1834-1854
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 in. ( 21 cm )
Marks:
Mark: transfer-printed on back in brown: image of lion and unicorn on either side of shield with crown on top. On the shield is written "AMERICAN VIEWS", and on banners below "OPAQUE CHINA/T. GODWIN, WHARF"
Inscription: printed beneath previous mark:"Bro
Description:
Brown transfer-printed earthenware dessert plate with central iamge depicting Brooklyn Ferry; the border pattern is composed of flowers and Chinese fretwork; from the series "American Views."
Credit Line:
Bequest of Harriet Ross LeBoeuf, 1998
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
