Collection Highlights
William Walton (1706-1768)
ca. 1750
1902.3
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter: Castle Garden, Battery, New York
Object name
Platter: Castle Garden, Battery, New York
Date
1824-1840
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 2 x 20 3/8 x 16 in. ( 5.1 x 51.8 x 40.6 cm )
Description
Molded pearlware rectangular platter with dark blue transfer print of Castle Garden and the Battery; curved border printed with shells; central image of promenade along the Battery with strolling figures; Castle Garden and walkway visible at right. (Larsen, 3rd ed., no. 16)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number
1961.236
Marks
impressed: on underside of platter: "E. WOOD & SONS BURSLEM WARRANTED" and "SEMI CHINA" around eagle
transfer-printed: in blue on underside of platter: "E PLURIBUS UNUM" in banner with eagle, and "CASTLE GARDEN. BATTERY/NEW YORK" below
printed: on adhesive label on underside of platter: "196"
Gallery Label
Used as an English fort during the Revolutionary War, the Battery at the southern tip of Manhattan offered ready access to New York Harbor and the Hudson River. By the 1820s the site was a popular park for leisurely stolls along the esplanade. Castle Garden, formerly the military fort Castle Clinton, was converted to a center for popular entertainment in 1823.
Provenance
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
