Collection Highlights
Leg brace
ca. 1940
2002.76
Leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: The Columbia Plates- Barnard College
Object name
Plate: The Columbia Plates- Barnard College
Date
1910-1932
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1/8 x 11 in. ( 0.3 x 27.9 cm )
Description
Earthenware plate; blue transfer printed flower and scroll border with architectural view cartouches; central view of Barnard College at Columbia University.
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number
1932.78
Marks
printed: on reverse: "THE COLUMBIA PLATES/Nicholas Muncy Butler/10. BARNARD COLLEGE, MORNINGSIDE, 1932/COPYRIGHT/ALUMNI FEDERATION OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY INC./WEDWOOD/ETRURIA/ENGLAND/JONES McDUFFEE &STARTTON Co./BOSTON/SOLE IMPORTERS"
stamped: on reverse:"4L32/MADE IN/ENGLAND/WEDGWOOD"
printed: on obverse: "IN LVMINE TVO VIDEBIMVS LVMEN/UNIVERSITAS COLVMBIAE"
Gallery Label
According to the donor, this set is the first edition to bear the facsimile signature of President Butler.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
