Collection Highlights
Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: The Steamboat...
Object Number:
INV.14416
Date:
1813-1829
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. ( 1.6 x 14.9 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on back: medallion with crown at center inscribed with "A S[TEV]ENSON WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE"
printed: in black on front: " THE STEAM BOAT/On her passage from BELFAST to LIVERPOOL/ at the rate of ten miles an hour"
Description:
Molded pearlware plate with border of flowers in low relief and bands of mustard yellow; the black transfer printed central view of a steamboat at sea with figures; the image is highlighted in hand painted yellow and blue overglaze.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
