Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter: Harper's Ferry
Object Number:
1961.275
Date:
ca. 1810-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 16 x 13 1/4 in. ( 3.8 x 40.6 x 33.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "HARPERS/FERRY/U.S."
typed: paper label on reverse: "From a sketch made by William Goodacre"; "236"
Description:
Oval pearlware platter with scalloped and beaded edge; black transfer printed flower, scroll and shell border with central view of river junction (Shenandoah & Potomac at Harper's Ferry).
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.
