| Maker(s): | Wood, Enoch | | Culture: | English
| | Title: | cup plate
| | Date Made: | circa 1825
| | Type: | Food Service
| | Materials: | ceramic: lead glazed, refined white earthenware (pearlware, china glaze), underglaze blue color, transfer print
| | Place Made: | Great Britain: Stoke-on-Trent, Burslem
| | Measurements: | Overall: 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 1.3 cm x 9.5 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | Stamped "PETER MORTON / HARTFORD" on back
| | Accession Number: | HD 2018.33
| | Credit Line: | Hall and Kate Peterson Fund for Minor Antiques
| | Museum Collection: | Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Cup plate, press molded, circular dish with short brim, flat base, transfer printed in underglaze dark blue, pattern known as "Ship, Anchored", pattern depicts a sailing vessel of three masts anchored in a harbor, with border has various shells,impressed "PETER MORTON / HARTFORD" on back. China merchant Peter Morton of 68 Front St., Hartford, CT, had a business relationship with Enoch Wood -- and possibly was an American agent for the Staffordshire firm. Many of his advertisements relate that his products are "received direct from the manufactory." The plate is in excellent condition.
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=HD+2018.33 |
