Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter: Baltimore
Object Number:
1961.285
Date:
1840-1850
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 15 5/8 x 12 in. ( 3.8 x 39.7 x 30.5 cm )
Marks:
printed: on obverse rim: "AMERICAN CITIES/AND/SCENERY/BALTIMORE CM"
stamped: on obverse at center: "Improved/Stone China" [In Rectangular border]
Description:
Rectangular earthenware platter with canted corners; light blue transfer printed floral sprig and moss border and center scene of city and harbor (Baltimore).
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.
