Description:
English creamware, circular dish with a lobed rim with the painted inscription "JOHN JANSTON" at the top center. The plate was probably personalized by an enameller in Liverpool for John Janston. The center well has the same elaborate floral border around a transfer-printed, three-masted sailing ship on waves as found on the related punch bowl, which was probably done by Guy Green of Liverpool. The press-molded rim has four printed black floral sprays which appear frequently on Wedgwood creamware printed by Guy Green on bowls of various sizes, as border decoration for plates and dishes, and occassionally on lids to teapots and coffeepots.
Label Text:
Exhibited in "Rococo: Celebrating 18th-Century Design and Decoration" (2018-2019): Sinuous, asymmetrical, and overabundant deocration quickly became hallmarks of the Rococo style. These decorative schemes were employed frequently as ornamental borders on printed ephemera, such as Nathan Drake's trade card, and on ceramics, such as the John Janston creamware plate and the creamware plate bearing an armorial design with motto reading "J' Avance" (I advance). This Rococo sensibility is employed, albeit more subtly, on the pair of white stoneware plates, as evinced by their bordered scalloped edges and scroll panels surround the rims. The pair celebrates the work of British politician William Pitt (1708-1778), whose bust and name decorate the plates. Stone and creamware plates appear frequently in Deerfield probate inventories and in local account book records, suggesting ownership of comparable forms in Deerfield.
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