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Collection Highlights

Physician's saddlebags w/bottles & bundles
1800-1850
1954.11
Leather, metal, glass, paper
Used By: Dr. Myron Orton

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Platter

Platter
Object name 
Platter
Date 
ca. 1876
Medium 
Glass
Dimensions 
Overall: 1 3/8 x 13 x 9 1/2 in. ( 3.5 x 33 x 24.1 cm )
Description 
Colorless pressed lead glass platter; oval shape with scalloped edge, with Liberty Bell and inscription "1776 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 1876" at center and "100 YEARS AGO" and names of the signers of the Declaration on the rim.
Credit Line 
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Coates
Object Number 
1971.110b
Marks 
pressed: on rim: "100 YEARS AGO / [illegible] / NEW JERSEY / R. STOCKTON / J. WITHERSPOON / F. HOPKINSON / J. HART / A. CLARK / PENNSYLVANIA / R. MORRIS / B. RUSH / B. FRANKLIN / J. MORTON / G. CLYMER / J. SMITH / G. TAYLOR / J. WILSON / G. ROSS / MASSACHUSETTS / S. ADAMS / J. ADAMS / R. T. PAYNE / E. GERRY / DELAWARE / C. RODNEY / G. REED / T. M'KEAN / MARYLAND / S. CHASE / W. PACA / T. STONE / C. CARROLL / VIRGINIA / G. WYTHE / R. H. LEE / T. JEFFERSON / B. HARRIS / [ILLEGIBLE] / N. CAROLINA / [ETC.] pressed: in center, surrounding Liberty Bell: "1776 / DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE / 1876" pressed: in center, on Liberty Bell: "PROCLAIM LIBERTY / THROUGHOUT THIS / LAND UNTO ALL THE / INHABITANTS THEREOF"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.