Collection Highlights
Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant
Date:
1656
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1656.D
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Museum Collections
Platter: Woodlands Near Philadelphia
Object Number:
1961.268
Date:
1790-1829
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 27 x 21.6 cm )
Marks:
printed: on back of rim, in framed border: "Woodlands/near/Phila"
impressed: on back: "10"
typed: paper label affixed to back: "Gift from/Mrs. Ann Stubbs/Worcester Mass/January 31, 1930"
Description:
Molded oval glazed earthenware platter decorated in blue transfer print with image of male and female figures, sheep, and an estate home set among trees, grass, and clouds, and border of flowers, scrolls, and eagles on rim.
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.
