Museum Object Number1958.1361 |
Plate (Dinner plate)
Gilpin's Mills on the Brandywine Creek
Ceramics
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Enoch Wood & Sons factory (Maker)
1818
1846
Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1820-1846
1. Mark; Underside; Underglaze blue cartouche with "Gilpin's Mills on the Brandywine Creek" under an eagle supporting a banner inscribed "E Pluribus Unum."
2. Mark; Underside; Impressed "SEMI CHINA" within circle above an eagle in the center, encircled by "E WOOD & SONS BURSLEM WARRANTED."
American themed ceramics
Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze
Molded, Printed
0.945 (H) , 9.213 (Diam)
2.4 (H) , 23.4 (Diam)
Text available soon.
[Book] Larsen, Ellouise Baker. 1974 American Historical Views on Staffordshire China.
• See pg 37 for a description of the pattern.
[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 "Gilpin's Mills" pattern: pattern title listed as Gilpin's Mills on the Brandywine Creek (alternate name: Shell Border Series, Circular Center: Enoch Wood & Sons), pattern no. 2015. Border pattern identified as Shell Border Series, Circular Center: Enoch Wood & Sons. Enoch Wood & Sons factory, Burslem, Staffordshire, 1818-46, with impressed and printed Bird-type maker's marks.