Collection Highlights
Kerchief
Date:
1776-1777
Object Number:
1952.63
Medium:
Linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Two-handled bowl
Object Number:
1961.337
Date:
1814-1830
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 17 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. ( 24.8 x 43.8 x 29.2 cm )
Marks:
printed: beneath base: "BEAUTIES OF AMERICA/ALMS HOUSE/BOSTON/J & W RIDGWAY"
Description:
Pearlware soup tureen, oval panelled body with molded loop handles with scrolled brackets; blue underglaze at top of handles and brackets; dark brown blue transfer printed rose-on-leaf border around foot and interior lip; view of building (Boston almshouse) with three figures in foreground repeated twice on body.
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.
