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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.89.84
Collection
Wheatland
Description
Commemorative plate. Large round plate, painted black top and bottom, deep foot. c. 1' rim with raised scene at center. Circa 15th or 16th Century German (?) scene with central male figure standing on dais with raised left arm, two fingers pointed; surro
Made By
Schiller
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Plate, Commemorative
Material
Clay
Height (in)
1.625
Diameter (in)
10.625
Dimension Details
Base diameter is 5.75'
Object ID
W.89.84
Notes
Supposed to have been James Buchanan's. He used to be given mail on it by a servant named Jacob Kautz. Unknown ownership beyond this information.
Credit
Mr. James W. Perrin Jr.
Accession Number
W.89.84
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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
2016.002.1
Date Range
1854
Collection
Wheatland
Description
Page 192 of "Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion" from 1854. Includes an article on James Buchanan with images of him as Minister to England and of Wheatland. Also includes musings on "What is the hardest mode to die?"
Date Range
1854
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buchanan Collections
Gleason’s Pictorial
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Newspaper
Height (in)
14.825
Width (in)
10.75
Condition
Good
Object ID
2016.002.1
Accession Number
2016.002
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