Platter (George Washington)
ca. 1876
Maker Unknown
Decorative Arts
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Commemorative
- Formatted Medium
- Glass
- Medium
- glass
- Locations
- Place manufactured: United States
- Dimensions
- 1 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 12 in. (3.8 x 21.6 x 30.5 cm)
- Inscribed
- In center, molded around portrait bust: "FIRST IN WAR FIRST IN PEACE. / FIRST IN THE HEARTS / OF HIS COUNTRYMEN." On each handle, molded under bear paws: "1776 / CENTENNIAL / 1876"
- Departments
- Decorative Arts
- Accession Number
- 40.164
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription
- Exhibitions
- Myth of the Hero
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
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