Title

Plate, c. 1829. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Plate, c. 1829. Decorated with the state seal of New York state: a shield surmounted by an eagle, flanked by the allegorical figures of Justice and Liberty, inscribed 'Excelsior', (Latin for 'Ever Upward'). Made in Staffordshire, England, for the American market.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21B29_257

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

25,7Mb (1,4Mb) / 10,0in x 10,0in / 3000 x 3000 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal England cap arts bird birds country eagle pattern China art seal British English headdress color state bird of prey design plate decoration decorative crockery liberty ceramic location ceramics century gallery justice Britain blind floral SHIELD pottery new york state headgear flowered raptor art gallery head-dress earthenware United States of America Colour Patterned visually impaired allegory 19th century allegorical allegorical figure nineteenth century American America USA artistic school Cap of Liberty Liberty Cap Phrygian cap Staffordshire ware object united states Unknown Art Institute of Chicago art centre Heritage Art earthenware 19th-century Art Institute Chicago Arts of the Americas blue and white pottery