Collection Highlights
Castle Garden, New York City
1859
1972.13
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Platter: New York from Weehawken, NJ
Object name
Platter: New York from Weehawken, NJ
Date
1820-1829
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 2 x 18 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 47 x 36.8 cm )
Description
Molded pearlware octagonal platter with dark blue transfer print of view of New York from Weehawken, NJ; leaf and flower border; central image of pastoral landscape with figures in foreground; ships sailing on the Hudson River, and the buildings of Manhattan in the distance. (Larsen 3rd ed. no. 98)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number
1961.244
Marks
transfer-printed: in blue on underside of platter: "NEW YORK/from/WEEHAWK/By W G Wall Esq."
printed: on adhesive label on underside of platter: "204" [collector's label]
written: on jelly label on underside of platter: "L243.2" [collector's label]
impressed: on underside of platter: "A. STEVENSON, WARRANTED. STAFFORDSHIRE" around crown
Gallery Label
The transfer print on this platter was adapted from a print after a painting by William Guy Wall (1792-after 1864), "New York from Weehawk." Weehawken, New Jersey, directly opposite New York's 42nd Street, was accessible by ferry from New York as early as 1700. It is famous for being the site of the 1804 duel in which Aaron Burr mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton.
Provenance
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
