Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: Trenton Falls
Object Number:
1961.73
Date:
1820-1846
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. ( 1.9 x 19.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: on base: spread eagle"E PLURIBUS UNUM/VIEW OF/TRENTON FALLS"
impressed: "E WOOD & SONS BURSLEM/SEMI CHINA/WARRANTED/ with spread eagle in circle "P"
typed: paper label: "View of Trenton Falls/NJ"; "Reknowned for its beauty and its wonderful cas
Description:
Molded pearlware plate with irregularly scalloped edge printed dark blue with central view of falls and 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.
