Object Number 1956.0046.042

Object Name

Plate (Dinner plate)

Title

Hoboken in New Jersey

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles K. Davis

Creator (Role)

Joseph Stubbs factory (Maker)
c. 1822-1835

Place of Origin

Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1808-1829

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Printed underglaze blue oval cartouche bears the title of the scene "Hoboken/ IN/ New Jersey."
2. Mark; Underside; An impressed "7" or "L."

Subjects

American themed ceramics

Materials

Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

0.787 (H) , 7.205 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2 (H) , 18.3 (Diam)

Object Description

Web - 07/18/2012

The slightly bluish lead-glazed, cream-colored earthenware (pearlware) plate was press or hump molded and has a shallow well and a v-shaped footrim. The glaze coats the entire piece.

The front bears an underglaze blue transfer print in the "Hoboken in New Jersey" pattern after an 1808 engraving of John Stevens estate, Castle Point, Hoboken, New Jersey.

Printed under the rim is an underglaze blue oval cartouche with a lace-like border and the pattern title "Hoboken/ IN/ New Jersey." An impressed "7" or "L" mark is within the footrim.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Larsen, Ellouise Baker. 1974 American Historical Views on Staffordshire China.
• Pattern discussion: pp.. 116-117.
[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Stubbs factory "Hoboken in New Jersey" pattern: pattern title listed as Hoboken in New Jersey (alternate name: Spread Eagle Border Series), pattern no. 3176. Border pattern identified as Spread Eagle Border: Joseph Stubbs. Joseph Stubbs factory, Longport, Staffordshire, 1822-35, with printed Cartouche-type maker's mark.
[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Design source (print): see under pattern no. 3176, for reproduction of drawing titled "Hoboken in New Jersey, the Seat of Mr. John Stevens" by Wm. Birch, c. 1808.