Collection Highlights
Properties, Including Vacant Plots, Foreclosed in Manhattan During 1930-1931-1932
Date:
March 29, 1933
Object Number:
LIB.F128.HD251.R28
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Platter: North Carolina coat of arms
Object Number:
1947.302
Date:
1829-1855
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 11 1/2 in. ( 38.1 x 29.2 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse of rim:"E PLURIBUS UNUM" on swag with spreadeagle
printed: on base: "6"
impressed: on base in circle: "T. MAYER STORE/WARRANTED (spreadeagle)/STAFFORDSHIRE"
printed: on obverse:"CONST(...)ON" "NORTH CAROLINA"
Description:
Molded oval pearlware platter with canted, knotched corners; printed in dark blue with central image of two classically- dressed women at a stone building at the sea side, ships in background; trumpet flower and vine border; this is the 'Arms of North Carolina ' pattern.
Gallery Label:
This platter is from Thomas Mayer's, "American Series of Arms of the States".
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. James Hazen Hyde
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
