Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1856-1857
Object Number:
1857.11
Medium:
Oak
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter: Lake George
Object Number:
1961.280
Date:
ca. 1834
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 13 1/2 x 11 1/8 in. ( 3.2 x 34.3 x 28.3 cm )
Marks:
printed: in red on back: frame of cornucopia and wingspread eagle at top: "LAKE GEORGE/U.S."
Description:
A molded and beaded earthenware platter with red transfer printed decoration of view of Lake George and border of baskets of flowers and fan-shaped medallions. (Larsen, 3rd ed., no. 334)
Gallery Label:
The source of this view is a drawing by Thomas Cole, engraved and printed by Fenner, Sears & Co., published in London by I.T. Hinton & Simkin & Marshall, 1831. Cole painted his picture of Lake George in 1826. The region around Lake George was noted for its varied, unusual beauty and associations with the early history of the United States.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
