Collection Highlights
The Rapalje Children
1768
1946.201
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Plate
Object name
Plate
Date
1914-1940
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 10 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 26.7 cm )
Description
Circular earthenware plate; black transfer printed flower and acanthus leaf border with overglaze enamel; central view of Fraunces Tavern.
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number
1939.477
Marks
printed: on reverse: "FRAUNCES TAVERN-1800/OLD NEW YORK/FIRST STOCK EXCHANGE 1730/UNDER THE BUTTONWOOD TREE/MADE EXCLUSIVELY/ FOR/Bloomingdale's/NEW YORK CITY/ADAMS/EST. 1657/ENGLAND"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
