Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: Steamboat Chief Justice Marshall
Object Number:
INV.13590
Date:
1820-1846
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 25.7 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on base: "5"
printed: on obverse: "(Backwards)Troyline"; "C.J. (?)Marshall"; "Captain Sherman" and "Chief Justice/ Marshall/Troy"
hand written: on reverse: "871Seaman Jan. 1955 Wood 'Chief Justice Marshall'"
Description:
Molded pearlware with slightly scalloped rim printed in medium dark-blue with central view of steamboat, four figures on bank; irregular shell border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
