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On Display: House - Dresser Room
Plate (Dinner plate)
GENERAL LAFAYETTE WELCOME TO THE LAND OF LIBERTY
1824-1830
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1964.1868.001
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1964.1868.001
Object Name
Plate (Dinner plate)
Title
GENERAL LAFAYETTE WELCOME TO THE LAND OF LIBERTY
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1824-1830
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: The old number "4i261" is painted in red enamel (nail polish?)
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Label bearing "5-6-3/S" written in pencil
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: "6552" is painted in red enamel
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: A label with a red border has 'C./ITOLX' written in black ink
Type: Inscription
Location: Well
Inscription: Above the portrait is the inscription: "GENERAL LA FAYETTE/ WELCOME TO THE LAND OF LIBERTY". Below the portrait, the inscription continues: "HE WAS BORN AT AUVERGNE IN FRANCE 1757 JOINED THE AMERICAN STRUGGLE/ IN 1777 HE RETURNED TO FRANCE LOADED WITH THE HONOURS AND GRATITUDE OF/ THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HE RETURNED IN THE CADAMUS TO NEW YORK. Augt. 13th 1824."
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Lafayette
- Military
- American themed ceramics
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
1 (H) x 10.3 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.6 (H) x 26.1 (Diam)