Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Saucer: America and Independence
Object Number:
1961.180
Date:
1819-1836
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. ( 1.3 x 11.7 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on back: "CLEWS WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE"
Description:
Glazed pearlware plate with scallop edge and decorated with blue and white transfer printed image three-story house surrounded by border of names of fifteen states, Medallion of George Washington, and images of America and Independence.
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.
