Collection Highlights
Fete to Lafayette
Date:
1824
Object Number:
PR.022.9
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Soup plate: Harvard College
Object Number:
1940.128
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. ( 3.5 x 25.1 cm )
Marks:
printed: in blue on back: banner with flowers "HARVARD/COLLEGE" inscribed
Description:
Blue transfer printed pearlware soup plate with central view of Harvard buildings in the background and six figures strolling in the foreground; the border pattern is of oak leaves and acorns.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
