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Keg with stand from Erie Canal celebration
ca. 1825
X.48
Wood, metal, paint

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Cup plate

Cup plate
Object name 
Cup plate
Medium 
Earthenware
Dimensions 
Overall: 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 1.3 x 11.4 cm )
Description 
Glazed earthenware cup plate with scallop border and decorated with blue and white transfer printed image of Octagon Church, Boston surrounded by leaf and acorn border.
Credit Line 
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number 
1940.194
Marks 
impressed: on back : "STEVENSON" printed: on back: "STAUGHTON'S CHURCH PHILADELPHIA"
Gallery Label 
The Octagon Church is the building pictured on the plate; the potter mismarked the plate "Staughton's Church."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.