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 the Staffordshire manufacturers of 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, said to be based on a sketch by Dobbins, "Boston Common in 1804,'" 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. Condition: ? The City of Boston Archaeology found transfer printed plate fragment of this pattern, which were recovered from the 19th-century privy at the Parker-Emery house in the North End. They also add that "This pattern was extremely popular around the 1820s when the plate was manufactured. 32 different versions of this view were produced by at least 6 potteries."
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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