Museum Object Number1958.1352 |
Saucer
Lafayette at Franklin's Tomb
Ceramics
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Enoch Wood & Sons factory (Maker)
1818
1846
Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1818-1846
1. Mark; Underside; "SEMI CHINA" within a circle over an eagle in center, encircled by "E WOOD & SONS BURLSEM WARRENTED."
2. Mark; Underside; An impressed "K."
Benjamin Franklin; Lafayette; Political figure; Maritime; American themed ceramics
Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze
Molded, Printed
1.22 (H) , 5.827 (Diam)
3.1 (H) , 14.8 (Diam)
Text available soon.
[Book] Larsen, Ellouise Baker. 1974 American Historical Views on Staffordshire China.
• Discussion of pattern: p. 46.
[Electronic] Walthall, John A. 2013 Queensware Direct from the Potteries: U. S. Importers of Staffordshire Ceramics In Antebellum America: 1820 - 1860. Illinois State Archaeological Society 08/05/2014
• Same printed pattern found with Chauncey & Harris, NYC, merchant marks: pp. 55-57, dish and Nauvoo, Illinois, excavated fragment.
[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Wood factory "La Fayette at Franklin's Tomb" pattern: pattern title listed as La Fayette at Franklin's Tomb (alternate name: La Fayette at the Tomb of Franklin), pattern no. 2364. Enoch Wood & Sons factory, Burslem, Staffordshire, 1818-46, with impressed maker's mark.