Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1766-1853)
ca. 1825
1920.4
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mug
Object name
Mug
Date
ca. 1815
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/8 x 5 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. ( 15.6 x 14.6 x 10.5 cm )
Description
Cream-colored cylindrical mug with rounded strap handle; printed in red with bust of uniformed officer in profile over crossed laurel boughs, and banded with red top and bottom. Printed inscription: "COMMODORE DECATUR/FREE TRADE & SAILOR'S RIGHTS/DESTROYED THE FRIGATE PHILADELPHIA 1814/CAPTURED & BROUGHT IN THE BRITISH FRIGATE MACEDONIAN 1812."
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1952.131