Object Number 1956.0046.040

Object Name

Plate (Dinner plate)

Title

Hospital, Boston

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles K. Davis

Creator (Role)

Ralph Stevenson factory (Maker)
1810-1832

Place of Origin

Cobridge, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1825-1834

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Underglaze blue transfer-printed oval foliate wreath bearing the words "HOSPITAL BOSTON" at the center and the initials "R S" across one end.
2. Mark; Underside; Impressed "STEVENSON" mark at center bottom.

Subjects

American themed ceramics

Materials

Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

1.102 (H) , 8.937 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.8 (H) , 22.7 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Larsen, Ellouise Baker. 1974 American Historical Views on Staffordshire China.
• See pg 134 for description of pattern.
[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Stevenson factory "Hospital, Boston" pattern: pattern title listed as Hospital, Boston (alternate name: Vine Border Series), pattern no. 2222. Border pattern identified as Vine border: Stevenson. Ralph Stevenson (& Son) factory, Cobridge, Staffordshire, 1810-35, 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. 2222, for engraving titled "Massachusetts General Hospital" by J.R. Penniman and Abel Bowen, in "A History of Boston" by Caleb Snow, 1825.