Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter: River Scene
Object Number:
INV.14441
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 17 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. ( 5.1 x 44.4 x 35.9 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "PEPPARD & CALLAN/IMPORTERS/PITTSBURG"
typed: paper label on reverse: "Blythewood on the Clyde/Bellevue Pottery at Hull Sam at Hull [Yorkshire]/Sam Naidecker Vol. II n.19/note border same as view of Pittsburgh- 'Alleghenny'/also bot
Description:
Oval pearlware with panelled rim; red transfer printed flower and leaf border with continous wreath on outer edge; view of ships and fisherman with neo-classical building in background.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
