Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate from fish set
Object name
Plate from fish set
Date
1870-1890
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
each: 1 x 9 1/2 in.
Description
One of a set of twelve porcelain plates from fish set; plates have scalloped gilded edges; center and part of rim hand-painted in polychrome enamels with sea flora and fauna, including fish, seaweed, and shells. Factory mark, decorator's mark, and Latin inscription on underside of plates.
Credit Line
Gift of Ione Sutton, 1995
Object Number
1996.1n