Collection Highlights
Novi Belgii Novaque Angliae Nec Non Partis Virginiae Tabula
Date:
After 1655
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M31.1.38
Medium:
Engraving, hand colored
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: Welcome To Our Family Land, October, 1957
Object Number:
1957.234
Date:
1957
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 26 cm )
Marks:
printed: in brown around rim: "OCTOBER/ 1957" , "WELCOME TO OUR FRIENDLY LAND"; "LET'S FACE THE FUTURE HAND IN HAND"
printed: in brown on back: "COMMEMORATING/ THE ROYAL VISIT OF/H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II/ AND/H.R.H PRINCE PHILIP/TO THESE UNITED STATES"
Description:
Molded plate with shell edge; printed portrait of queen Elizabeth II, crowned, wearing a light green dress in front of a red curtain; on the brim is an inscription with hands claseped at the bottom with American and British flags for sleeves.
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this plate was purchased at Plummer's.
Credit Line:
Purchase, Foster-Jarvis Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
