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The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
2000.715
Cardboard, wood, paper
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Luce Center
Dish: Lafayette at Franklin's grave
Object name
Dish: Lafayette at Franklin's grave
Date
1820-1846
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. ( 3.2 x 14.9 cm )
Description
Shallow pearlware dish with flaring walls printed in dark blue with view of recumbent male figure beside urn-topped monument, classical temple, ship in distance, floral/foliate surround (Lafayette at Franklin's grave).
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number
1961.229b
Marks
impressed: on base: "E WOOD & SONS BURSLEM/ SEMI CHINA/ WARRANTED" in circle around spread eagle, "M"
printed: on base: "18 16"
printed: on obverse: "FRANKLIN"
Provenance
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.