Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
ca. 1630
1885.5
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter
Object name
Platter
Date
1780-1800
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
(a) platter: 1 7/8 x 24 3/8 x 18 3/4 in.; (c-n) plates: 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.
Description
One of a set of two platters and thirteen plates. Oval molded creamware platter with grape vine border hand painted in shades of brown overglaze and banded on either side with a brown stripe; at center, monogram inside a laurel wreath, also in brown overglaze.
Credit Line
Bequest of Robert Carmer Hill, through Mrs. R. C. Hill
Object Number
1947.111a
Gallery Label
According to donor, this set was ordered by William Hill (1751-1826), the great-grandfather of the donor, who was the first of his family to come to America.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
