Collection Highlights
Ki On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter ) (1732/40-1836)
Date:
1796
Object Number:
1867.314
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Platter
Object Number:
2013.1
Date:
ca. 1939
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 × 9 1/2 in. (35.6 × 24.1 cm)
Description:
Off-white, porcelain, oval platter bearing the ship name Norness, in red. German mark.
Gallery Label:
The platter was discovered by deep sea diver John Chatterton in the wreck of the USS Norness, a merchant ship torpedoed about 60 miles SE off Montauk, Long Island in January 1942.
Credit Line:
Gift of John and Carla Chatterton
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
