Description:
English Staffordshire plate decorated in dark blue with a transfer printed scene of the Boston State House in the center and an elaborate floral pattern around the rim, which is unmarked but was an export pattern produced by six Staffordshire manufacturers, including John Rogers & Son working 1815-1842, Joseph Stubbs working c.1822-1836, and Enoch Wood (1759-1840) who started his firm in 1784, which continued under his sons until 1846. The scene shows Charles Bulfinch's State House on the top of Beacon Hill with a horse-drawn carriage and two walking figures, one holding an umbrella, in the foreground. This transfer-printed scene shows Charles Bulfinch's State House on the top of Beacon Hill with the Hancock House on the left and other buildings on Beacon and Park streets, people, and scattered trees. This view represents the appearance of the State House in 1804; it was designed by the famous architect Charles Bulfinch and built in 1795. A "State House" plate in the PVMA collection has a history of having been "bought by Eliza Allen of Joppa Village (now Elmwood) with money earned by braiding hats, in the early part of 1800. Later she married Samuel Slocumb of East Cambridge. The plate passed to her adopted daughter Mary Lowell Stone, and from her to the donor."
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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