Collection Highlights
Lincoln visits General McClellan at Antietam
Date:
1862, published later
Object Number:
PR.065.778.5
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Saucer: Plymouth Rock Landing
Object Number:
1961.114
Date:
1820-1846
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 6 5/8 in. ( 1.6 x 16.8 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on back of plate: medallion with eagle and shield at center and "ENOCH WOOD & SONS/BURSLEM" inscribed
inscribed: on front of plate: cartouche at top: "AMERICA/INDEPENDENT/JULY 4/1776"; cartouche at bottom: "WASHINGTON/BORN 1732/DIED 1799";
Description:
Blue transfer printed pearlware plate with central view of men in a rowboat landing on a rocky shore; Indians stand on the right; the border pattern is composed of cartouches with inscriptions or images of a ship alternating with eagles and scrolling acanthus leaves (Plymouth Rock Landing).
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.
