"Arms of Virginia" Flat Dish

"Arms of Virginia" Flat Dish, between 1826 and 1830

  • Thomas Mayer, English, 1800 - 1855

White earthenware with blue transfer-printed decoration

  • Overall: 2 3/4 × 12 1/4 × 10 5/8 inches (7 × 31.1 × 27 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Gustavus D. Pope

17.221

Department

American Art before 1950

Details

Inscribed, center: VIRGINA Inscribed, on banner: Sic semper tyrannis [translated: Thus always to tyrants]

Mrs Gustavus D. Pope

1917-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Thomas Mayer, "Arms of Virginia" Flat Dish, between 1826 and 1830, white earthenware with blue transfer-printed decoration. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Gustavus D. Pope, 17.221.

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