Collection Highlights
Kast
1675-1690
1941.914
Walnut, walnut veneer, elm, oak, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter
Object name
Platter
Date
1820-1840
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 9 1/2 x 7 in. ( 2.5 x 24.1 x 17.8 cm )
Description
Molded pearlware platter with dark blue transfer print of Brooklyn Ferry; rim transfer-printed with flowers and leaves; well of platter transfer printed with view of Brooklyn Ferry from Manhattan, including Fulton Market at left, shops and warehouses at right, and ship on river at center.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number
1961.289
Marks
printed: in blue on underside of platter: "BROOKLIN (sic) FERRY"
printed: on adhesive label on underside of platter: "250"
typed: on label on underside of plate: "From the collection of Chas. Martin of Stapleton S....No. 324"
printed: newspaper article affixed to underside of platter: "Brooklyn Ferry Dock./After the Revolution..."
Gallery Label
This view of Brooklyn Ferry shows Fulton market at the left, rows of shops and warehouses on the right, and in the center, the "Nassau," the first steamboat to commute between Brooklyn and New York.
Provenance
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
