Collection Highlights
Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
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 a street scene with horse and carriage, figures and church at the end of the street (Wall Street).
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number
1939.473
Marks
printed: on reverse: "WALL STREEt, 1796, OLD NEW YORK/ FIRST STOCK EXCHANGE/ UNDER THE BUTTONWOOD TREE/ MADE EXCLUSIVELY/FOR/Bloomingdale's/NEW YORK CITY/ADAMS/EST. 1657/ENGLAND"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
