Collection Highlights
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Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter: Lake George
Object Number:
INV.14380
Date:
1820-1846
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 16 1/2 x 13 in. ( 5.1 x 41.9 x 33 cm )
Marks:
printed: on obverse rim: "E PLURIBUS UNUM" [banner above eagle]; "LAKE GEORGE/STATE OF NEW YORK [rectangle beneath eagle]
stamped: on obverse at center: ".....WOOD & SONS BUR...../SEMICHINA"; "A/19"
Description:
Rectangular pearlware platter with rounded corners; dark blue transfer printed shell border with lake scene at center. (Lake George)
Credit Line:
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., 1976
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
