Collection Highlights
A journall, with observations on my travail from Boston in N.E. to N.Y., New Jersies, & Philadelphia...
Date:
1697
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Benjamin.Bullivant
Medium:
Pen and ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter: Arms of Georgia
Object Number:
1961.288
Date:
1829-1855
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 10 in. ( 33 x 25.4 cm )
Marks:
printed: on base: "E PLURIBUS UNUM" on swag clutched by spread eagle
impressed: in circle: "12"
printed: on obverse: "CONSTITUTION" "GEORGIA"
Description:
Molded oval pearlware platter with canted, knotched corners; printed in dark blue with central image of seaside temple with three caryatids guraded by one soldier; trumpet flower and vine border; this is the 'Arms of Georgia' pattern.
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.
