Custom House, Philadelphia
   
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Pattern Category: Places Series: Beauties of America Object Type: Dinner and Dessert Wares Dimensions:
Description: The only known forms with this view by John and William Ridgway are this extremely rare cup plate with no marks on the back, and a ladle to a soup tureen. This fine Greek Revival building on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia was built 1818-1824 to house the Second Bank of the United States, incorporated in 1816 with a 20 year charter. |
