Object Number 1958.1339

Object Name

Plate or bowl (Soup plate or bowl)

Title

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Enoch Wood & Sons factory (Maker)
1818-1846

Place of Origin

Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1828-1846

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Impressed eagle with a shield body, head left, and the words "SEMI CHINA" above, within a double circle forming a border bearing the words "E. WOOD & SONS BLTRSLEM/ WARRANTED."
2. Mark; Underside; Impressed on the bottom of the plate is the letter "X."
3. Mark; Underside; Unidentified underglaze blue mark.

Subjects

American themed ceramics; American market (English manufacture)

Materials

Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

1.496 (H) , 10.118 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3.8 (H) , 25.7 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Larsen, Ellouise Baker. 1974 American Historical Views on Staffordshire China.
• See pg 34 for pattern description.
[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 "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad" pattern: pattern title listed as The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad - Level (alternate name: Shell Border Series Circular Center), pattern no. 3962. 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 mark.