Collection Highlights
Wonderful Willie! : What he and Tommy did to Spain / sketches and rhymes by L.D. Bradley.
Date:
ca. 1899
Object Number:
LIB.PZ7.B66.W6
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Plate: The Columbia Plates- Russell Hall
Object Number:
1932.77
Date:
1910-1932
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/8 x 11 in. ( 0.3 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "THE COLUMBIA PLATES/Nicholas Muncy Butler/9.RUSSELL HALL (TEACHER'S COLLEGE)..../COPYRIGHT/ALUMNI FEDERATION OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, INC./WEDGWOOD/ETRURIA/ENGLAND/JONES McDUFFEE & STRATTON Co./BOSTON/SOLE IMPORTERS"
stamped: on reve
Description:
Earthenware plate; blue transfer printed flower and scroll border with architectural view cartouches; central view of Russel Hall (Teacher's College at Columbia University).
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this set is the first edition to bear the facsimile signature of President Butler.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
