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Dressing table
1795-1810
INV.14982
Mahogany, mahogany and other inlays, white pine, yellow poplar
Possible Original Owner: Margaret Maria Livingston

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Plate

Plate
Object name 
Plate
Date 
1819-1830
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Enoch Wood & Sons
Related People 
Depicted: Marquis de Lafayette
Medium 
Earthenware
Dimensions 
Overall: 1 x 8 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 21.6 cm )
Description 
Molded pearlware plate with dark blue transfer print of Lafayette at Washington's tomb; plate has floral border with central image of man seated next to the tomb marked "WASHINGTON"; ship, temple, and setting sun in the background.
Credit Line 
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number 
1961.110
Marks 
transfer printed: in circle of bellflowers on underside of plate: "HARRIS & CHAUNCEY/70 WALL ST./NEW YORK"
Gallery Label 
This plate bears a rare example of a retailer's mark. Harris & Chauncy, proprietors of a "china store" on Wall Street, served as retailers for the Staffordshire pottery firm Enoch Wood & Sons.
Provenance 
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.