Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Cleveland Ceramic Portrait Plate, ca. 1884
- Title:
- Cleveland Ceramic Portrait Plate, ca. 1884
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Manufacturer:
- Burroughs & Mountford Co. (1879-)
- Political Figure:
- Cleveland, Grover, American (1837-1908), Presidential Candidate
- Date:
- ca. 1884
- Election Date:
- 1884
- ID Number:
- 2214.BB0017
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214BB0017.jpg
- Political Party:
- Democratic
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- decorative art (art genre)
ceramic (material)
portraits
Plates (Dishes)
- Materials/Techniques:
- Ceramic
Transfer printing
- Subject:
- Plates (dishes)
Portraits
Cleveland, Grover
Politics
Promotional materials
Portraits
Busts
Flowers
Vines
- Measurement:
- 20.32 (Plate) (centimeters, diameter)
- Description:
- Plate bears a maker's mark of the Burroughs & Mountford Company on its reverse, consisting of an impressed flower and the lettering EXTRA / B.M. & Co. / QUALITY. Item donor Susan H. Douglas dates the plate to the 1884 Presidential campaign. References: Barber 1971: Page 34, Mark 212.
- Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
