Collection Highlights
The Indian: The Dying Chief Contemplating the Progress of Civilization
1856
1875.4
White marble and wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter
Object name
Platter
Date
1824-1830
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/4 x 15 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 38.7 x 29.8 cm )
Description
Molded pearlware octagonal platter with dark blue transfer print of the landing of Lafayette at Castle Garden; flower and vine border; central image of Castle Garden at right, three ships, and Battery in foreground with six shooting cannons, men on horseback, and figures in military dress; printed below image, "LANDING OF GEN. LA FAYETTE/At Castle Garden New-York 16th August 1824."
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number
1927.56
Marks
impressed: on underside of platter: "CLEWS WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE" around crown
transfer-printed: on front of platter below image: "LANDING OF GEN. LA FAYETTE/At Castle Garden New-York 16th August 1824."
Gallery Label
Lafayette's much-celebrated return to America in 1824 was an enormously popular subject for Staffordshire pottery. New York's finest steamboats, the "Chancellor Livingston" and the "Robert Fulton," can be seen at the left; hundreds of people on the building's roof witness a cannon and artillery salute.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.