Collection Highlights
Portrait of a Heroic Fireman
ca. 1857
1937.328
Polychrome painted and carved wood
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Luce Center
Plaque: The Watergate Wall Street, N.Y. 1678
Object name
Plaque: The Watergate Wall Street, N.Y. 1678
Date
1895
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 2 x 12 in. ( 5.1 x 30.5 cm )
Description
Molded earthenware plaque decorated with a central transfer-printed scene in underglaze blue of historic New York, surrounded by a stylized tulip border; two pierced holes on top of foot rim for hanging.
Credit Line
Gift of Leon Volkmar
Object Number
1939.282
Marks
Impressed: on back: "Volkmar & Cory"
Gallery Label
This plaque is from a series of twelve depicting views of old New York. It was designed and executed by Charles Volkmar at his pottery in Corona, Queens. Joseph P. McHugh, an Arts and Crafts designer who ran the "Popular Shop" on 42nd Street, maintained exclusive rights to the series for a year.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
