Collection Highlights
Keg with stand from Erie Canal celebration
ca. 1825
X.48
Wood, metal, paint
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West Point Military Academy
Title
West Point Military Academy
Object name
Vegetable dish
Date
1820-1840
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 2 1/2 x 10 x 8 1/2 in. ( 6.4 x 25.4 x 21.6 cm )
Description
Molded pearlware vegetable dish with dark blue transfer print of West Point Military Academy; dish has scalloped rim, shell border, and central image of the Hudson River with the academy buildings in the left distance; landscape and two figures in foreground. Exterior sides of dish with transfer print of pastoral river scene. (Larsen, 3rd ed., no. 40)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1940.173
Marks
written: on jelly label on underside of dish: "West Point Military Academy"
Gallery Label
Based on the 1831 engraving, "West Point from Phillipstown," after a painting by W.J. Bennett, this view shows West Point Military Academy, fifty miles north of New York City. West Point Military Academy was founded by an Act of Congress in 1802. This view depicts the earliest buildings, which were replaced after 1902.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
