Object Number 1958.1820

Object Name

Dish

Title

Esplanade and Castle Garden, NY; Deaf & Dumb Asylum, Hartford, CT; Almshouse, NY

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Ralph Stevenson factory (Maker)
1810-1832

Place of Origin

Cobridge, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1820-1825

Subjects

American themed ceramics; Disability

Materials

Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

4.961 (H) , 10.236 (L) , 7.283 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.6 (H) , 26 (L) , 18.5 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Larsen, Ellouise Baker. 1974 American Historical Views on Staffordshire China.
• See pg 136-137 for descriptions of various scenes.
[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 "Esplanade and Castle Garden"; "Deaf and Dumb Asylum"; and "Almshouse, New York" patterns: pattern titles listed as Esplanade and Castle Garden, New York, pattern no. 2373; Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Hartford, Con., pattern no. 5310; and Almshouse, New York, pattern no. 5308. Border pattern identified as Vine border: Stevenson. Ralph Stevenson (& Son) factory, Cobridge, Staffordshire, 1810-35.
[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. 5310, for engraving titled "View of the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb" by John Warner Barber and engraved by Hamblen, no date.
[Article] Sousa, Daniel. 09//2021 Hartford's Asylum for the Deaf. Historic Deerfield. 19: 31-35.
• Discussion of Hartford Asylum and objects relating to deafness: see pp. 31 & 34 for blue-printed transferware portraying Hartford asylum; see p. 34 for brown-printed English child's mug with hand sign language. Well researched article with further illustrations. Objects in Deerfield collection