Artist/Maker
Ralph Stevenson
(active ca. 1810 - 1832)
Columbia College plate
ca. 1825-1827
Place madeEngland
Transfer-printed earthenware
Overall: 3/4 in. × 7 1/2 in. (1.9 × 19.1 cm)
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
1940.304
Columbia College, originally King's College, was first located at this downtown Manhattan site bounded by Murray, Church, Barclay and Chapel Streets. This building was demolished in 1857, when the college moved to Madison Avenue.
DescriptionMolded pearlware plate with dark blue transfer print of Columbia College; oak leaf and acorn border with stippled background; central image of Columbia College with street scene and figures in foreground.Markingstransfer-printed: in blue on back of plate: "COLUMBIA COLLEGE N.Y." in banner with flowers
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