Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
1773-1809
1867.298
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: America National Bird
Object name
Plate: America National Bird
Medium
Stoneware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 3/8 x 10 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. ( 3.5 x 26.4 x 26.4 cm )
Description
Twelve sided molded plate of white clay printed in dark blue with central image of bald eagle with wings spread in profile with stars and stripes shield clutching three arrows and laurel branch atop partial globe with North America showing, stylized border with small flowers.
Object Number
1961.350
Marks
printed: in blue circle on base: "IV"
painted: in blue on base: "3"
impressed: on base: "READ/IRONSTONE"
printed: on front: "AMERICA"
typed: affixed on back: paper label "AMERICA. THE NATIONAL BIRD FIGURED ERECT UPON A GLOBE, THE SHIELD UPON HIS BREAST AND THE ARROWS AND OLIVE BRANCH IN HIS TALONS"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
