Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object name
Plate
Date
1820-1840
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. ( 1.9 x 18.1 cm )
Description
Molded pearlware plate with dark blue transfer print of "New York, Battery"; leaf border and central image showing the Battery with Flagstaff pavilion at left.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1940.312
Marks
printed: in blue on underside of plate: "NEW-YORK/BATTERY" in cartouche
Gallery Label
Built on the Battery in 1809, Flagstaff Pavilion was an outdoor summer amusement center where people gathered to hear music and purchase refreshments.
Provenance
G. Kellogg Coll.; W.R. Hearst Coll.; purchased by Mrs. J. Insley Blair from W.R. Hearst Coll., Parke, Bernet #34, Nov. 1938 ($55).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
