Collection Highlights
Flags on 57th Street, Winter of 1918
1918
1984.68
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cup plate
Object name
Cup plate
Date
1820-1846
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 9.5 cm )
Description
Glazed earthenware circular cup plate with dark blue transfer printed decoration of two-mast sailing ship on water in center, and trefoil and knobbed border on rim.
Object Number
1961.194
Marks
impressed: on back: "8" and "__OO__" [Probably WOOD]
printed: in blue on back: "37"
Gallery Label
According to the donor, this image is misnamed the 'Cadmus'; but, the 'Cadmus' was a three-mast ship and this ship has two masts.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
