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American Decorative Arts
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Honorand: George Washington, American, 1732–1799, LL.D. 1781
Honorand: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French, 1757–1834
Mug
ca. 1824
Glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration
2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (6.35 × 6.35 cm)
Mabel Brady Garvan Collection
1931.1878
Geography:
Manufactured in England
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
British
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance:
Purchased in New England by Albert R. Crittenden (1843–1921), Middletown, Conn., for Irving W. Lyon (1849–1896), Hartford, Conn., on August, 1880; bequeathed to Irving P. Lyon (1870–1944), Buffalo, N.Y., 1896; sold to Francis P. Garvan (1875–1937), New York, 1929; given to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1931
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
