Collection Highlights
Architect's Sign
ca. 1837
1953.197
Wood
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Plate
Object name
Plate
Date
1892
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. ( 1 x 21.3 cm )
Description
Scallop-edged glazed earthenware plate with transfer print decoration in brown of portrait bust of Sherman and border of bay leaves and berries on rim.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. James Hazen Hyde
Object Number
1948.561f
Marks
impressed: on back: "Wedgewood [middle letters very faint]"; "DXU [D very faint]"
printed: on back in blue ink: "Etruria, England."
written: in black ink on back: "T"
Gallery Label
This plate is part of a set of 6, with portrait images of Washington, Lincoln, Sheridan, Sherman, and William Cullen Bryant.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
