Collection Highlights
Decanter and stopper
1823-1845
1936.696ab
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object name
Plate
Date
1815-1829
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 10 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 26 cm )
Description
Molded pearlware plate with dark blue transfer print of New York from Brooklyn Heights; border of floral clusters; central image of pastoral scene with man on horseback and small frame building; distant view of river, ships, and buildings of Manhattan.
Credit Line
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., 1976
Object Number
INV.14370b
Marks
transfer-printed: in blue on underside of plate: [boy holding scroll] "New York/from/Brooklyn Heights/by/W.G. Wall Esqr. N.Y."
impressed: on underside of plate around impressed crown: "STEVENSON WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE"
Gallery Label
This view of New York from Brooklyn Heights is based on a print after a painting by William Guy Wall (1792-after 1864).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
