Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.5
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter: View of Baltimore
Object Number:
1961.284
Date:
ca. 1843
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 20 x 14 3/4 in. ( 5.7 x 50.8 x 37.5 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "No. 20/MELLOR VENABLES & Co."
stamped: on reverse: "MELLOR VENABLES/& Co./ROYAL/PATENT"
Description:
Rectangular pearlware platter with canted corners; light blue transfer printed border of medallions depicting states' arms (PA, VA, MA, MD, and NY) each repeated twice; central view of city (Baltimore) on river with three figures in foreground.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
