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: Highlands, Hudson River
Object Number:
1961.292
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 23.5 x 19 cm )
Marks:
printed: on adhesive label on underside of platter: "253" [collector's label]
typed: on torn label on underside of platter: "Highla.../No. 399..../Rare in.../See Halsey.../Old China,..."
Description:
Molded pearlware platter with dark blue transfer print of Highlands, Hudson River; oval with pierced border; shell edge, central image of river scene with steamships in foreground and hills in distance. (Larsen, 3rd ed., no. 23)
Gallery Label:
After the Revolutionary War, Staffordshire potteries in England manufactured a variety of transfer-printed wares that catered to American tastes. Scenes of Revolutionary War heroes, historic events, notable buildings, and the American landscape proved popular with American consumers. In the foreground of this view is the three-masted Hudson River steamer, "Chancellor Livingston," built by Robert Fulton in 1816.
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.
