Collection Highlights
Brown Brothers, Irving Place, showing east side from Eighteenth Street to Gramercy Park South
Date:
March, 1909
Object Number:
PR.020.19.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter: The Valentine
Object Number:
1961.372
Date:
1819-1836
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 15 3/8 x 11 5/8 in. ( 3.5 x 39.1 x 29.5 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on back: medallion with crown at center with "CLEWS WARRANTED SATFFORDSHIRE'
printed: on back in blue: 'THE VALENTINE/FROM WILLIE'S DESIGNS"
typed: afffiex to the back: paper label, "THE VALENTINE/shows recipt of a Valentine by the young maid
Description:
Dark blue transfer printed pearlware platter with central image depicting an interior scene with five figures; the male figure at the center holds a letter with 'Sweet Valentine' inscribed while a young woman tries to reach it; the border pattern is composed of flowers and scrolls.
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this platter was part of the Taylor Collection.
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.
