Collection Highlights
Four Portraits of North American Indians; verso: sketch of brave riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow
1859
1941.1209
Oil on gray marbleized prepared heavy textured paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Creamer
Object name
Creamer
Date
ca.1825
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 4 3/8 x 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 11.1 x 16.5 x 8.9 cm )
Description
Molded pearlware creamer printed in black with view of sailing ship with flying American flags and steam boat near craggy shore with anchor and spread eagle with laurel branch on one side and black printed view of steamship; rimmed with a gold and purple luster metalic oxide.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1944.311e
Gallery Label
This piece is part of a larger tea set depicting the "Cadmus," the ship that brought Lafayette to America in 1824, and Robert Fulton's "Clermont," the first commercially successful steamboat.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
