Collection Highlights
Indenture of Peter van Dyck and Cornelia, his Wife, Documenting the Administration of Margrieta van Varick's Estate
Date:
September 4, 1719
Object Number:
MSS.VanCortlandtPapers.vanDyck
Medium:
Pen and ink on paper, wax
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Shallow bowl: Ladies Cabin
Object Number:
1961.352
Date:
ca. 1841
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. ( 4.8 x 26 cm )
Marks:
printed: in brown on back: "BOSTON MILLS" and " [Ente]red at the Registry Office of Designs/ Sep 2nd 1841/ J & T Edwards" respectively above and below an image of a steamship with masts
inscribed: below central view: "LADIES/CABIN
Description:
Molded pearlware soup plate with brown transfer print view and border; the central view depicts three women in a cabin; one figure is seing, one reading, and one standing; the border pattern depicts four steamships with names inscribed beneath (Acadia, Caleduna, Britannia, and Columbia) as well as medallions and Chinese fretwork.
Gallery Label:
This soup plate is part of the Boston Marks Series.
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.
