Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: Commodore MacDonnough's Victory
Object Number:
1940.168
Date:
1820-1846
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 25.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: on obverse: "COMMODORE MACDONNAUGHS/VICTORY"
impressed: on base: "E. WOOD & SONS/BURSLEM/SEMICHINA/WARRANTED"with spreadeagle in circle; "R"
Description:
Molded pearlware with slightly scalloped rim printed in dark blue with central view of naval battle with two figures watching from shore in foreground; irregular shell border.
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.
