Collection Highlights
Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
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Luce Center
Plate/saucer depicting a cabin
Object name
Plate/saucer depicting a cabin
Date
ca. 1840
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. ( 1.9 x 14.6 cm )
Description
Molded pearlware plate transfer-printed in light blue with central view of log cabin (front) with two-male figures, tree stumps before it; stars on small stars border.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1940.146
Marks
impressed: on base: "JOHN RIDGWAY"
printed: on base inside carouche formed by star-studded belt: "COLUMBIAN STAR/444/ OCT. 28TH 1840/ No. RIDGWAY"
Gallery Label
The log cabin commemorates the political campaign of President William H. Harrison.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
