Ceramic Plate, 1830s
Ceramic Plate, 1830s
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- Description
- This creamware plate, from the 1830s, records the first amendment in honor of printer Elijah Lovejoy, who was killed by a mob in Illinois for publishing anti-slavery ideas.
- Object Name
- Plate
- Object Type
- plate
- Physical Description
- cerami (overall material)
- white, blue (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 1/2 in; 26.67 cm
- ID Number
- PL.227739.1838.I01
- catalog number
- 227739.1838.I01
- accession number
- 227739
- Credit Line
- The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
- subject
- Constitution
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, Campaign Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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