Collection Highlights
Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-229
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter: Kings Chapel, Boston
Object Number:
1961.345
Date:
1830-1864
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 14 x 11 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 35.6 x 29.2 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "KING'S CHAPEL/BOSTON. MASS/Wm ADAMS & Co./ESTD 1657/ENGLAND'
stamped: on reverse: "REAL BOSTON CHINA"; "B"
typed: on reverse: paper label "KING'S CHAPEL was established at a time when the Church of England was not all popular in N
Description:
Oval pearlware platter; red transfer printed flower basket and lace in scrolled cartouche border with stone building with pillars (King's Chapel in Boston)
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.
