Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
1825-1845
1936.693ab
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Figurine: George Washington, (1732-1799)
Object name
Figurine: George Washington, (1732-1799)
Date
ca. 1818-1820
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 14 1/4 x 6 x 5 in. ( 36.2 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm )
Description
Full length earthenware portrait of George Washington holding scroll in right hand and tricorn hat in left; white with gold pencilling, black shoes, grey hair, polychrome face; oval base with rock mound.
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles Allen Munn
Object Number
1924.62
Gallery Label
See China Collecting in America by Earle, p. 269 , #24
Provenance
The Collection of Charles Allen Munn
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
