Plate

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 colonial Dutch building around a dock (The Stadt Huys).
Credit Line 
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number 
1939.482
Marks 
printed: on reverse: "THE STADT HUYS-1676/OLD NEW YORK/FIRST EXCHANGE 1730/UNDER THE BUTTONWOOD TREE/MADE/EXCLUSIVELY/FOR/Bloomingdale's/NEW YORK CITY/ADAMS/EST. 1657/ENGLAND"
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