Collection Highlights
Balustrade from Federal Hall, New York
1788-1789
1884.3
Painted wrought iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Seminole dish
Object name
Seminole dish
Date
1880-1930
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 3 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 8.3 x 12.1 cm )
Description
Cylindrical Seminole earthenware dish with slightly flaring sides; interior painted bright orange; exterior decorated with two incised bands painted orange and punched dots between bands; "F" shaped symbol in bright green repeated around circumference of dish above bands; 5 sailboats painted near bottom with multi-colored hulls and sails; unglazed.
Object Number
Z.1448
Gallery Label
According to a note found with the object, this dish was made in the Dania Reservation of the Seminoles and was among the earliest modern pottery.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
