2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

Collection Highlights

Doll: girl w/fur trimmed coat and velvet hat on stand
ca. 1893
1961.31
Ceramic, composition, textile, leather, fur, hair, rhinestones, feathers, paint
Artist/Maker: Heinrich Handwerck

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Cup plate

Cup plate
Object name 
Cup plate
Date 
1820-1846
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Enoch Wood & Sons
Medium 
Earthenware
Dimensions 
Overall: 3/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 1 x 9.2 cm )
Description 
Glazed molded earthenware cup plate with dark blue transfer print decoration of a house in a landscape with two figures and a trefoil border on the rim.
Credit Line 
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number 
1961.201
Marks 
typed: paper label affixed to back: "So call/view from Ruggles_____se. No.321"
Gallery Label 
According to the donor, the view on the cup plate is "Newburgh, view from Ruggles House."
Provenance 
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.