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"Arms of Virginia" Flat Dish
between 1826 and 1830
Thomas Mayer
1800 - 1855
English
Unknown
White earthenware with blue transfer-printed decoration
Overall: 2 3/4 × 12 1/4 × 10 5/8 inches (7 × 31.1 × 27 cm)
Ceramics
American Art before 1950
Gift of Mrs. Gustavus D. Pope
17.221
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, center: VIRGINA Inscribed, on banner: Sic semper tyrannis [translated: Thus always to tyrants]
Provenance
Mrs Gustavus D. Pope
1917-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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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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