Collection Highlights
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
1987.16
Plaster with purplish red-brown stipple finish
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cup plate: Card Players
Object name
Cup plate: Card Players
Date
1819-1836
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 1.3 x 8.9 cm )
Description
Glazed earthenware lobed edge cup plate with dark blue transfer print decoration of interior scene of four figures, two playing cards at a table.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number
1961.371
Marks
impressed: on back in circle around crown device: "CLEWS WARRANTED STAFFORD______"
typed: affixed to back: paper label "W8"
Gallery Label
According to the donor, this plate depicts a view of Christmas Eve; this plate is part of the Wilkie-Burnet Series.
Provenance
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
