Object Number 1956.0015

Object Name

Dish (Sample dish)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Samuel Alcock & Co. (Maker)
1826-1859

Clinton Levering (Commissioning merchant)
Baltimore directories show a "C. Levering" listed from 1843 to 1858 at several addresses. Though there are a number of Leverings, some of whom appear to be importers as well. They appear from 1831 through 1860.

Clinton Levering (Importer)
Baltimore directories show a "C. Levering" listed from 1843 to 1858 at several addresses. Though there are a number of Leverings, some of whom appear to be importers as well. They appear from 1831 through 1860.

Place of Origin

Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1855-1859

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; On front; Printed "C LEVERING/ IMPORTER/ CHINA/ GLASS QUEEN'SWARE/ LOMBARD STREET/ BALTIMORE"
2. Mark; On back; Printed in red "SAM.L ALCOCK & CO/ BURSLEM/ STAFFORDSHIRE".

Subjects

Advertisement; Merchant; Importer; American market (English manufacture)

Materials

Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed, Gilded

Dimensions (inches)

1.3 (H) , 15.6 (L) , 12 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3.3 (H) , 39.6 (L) , 30.5 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Published: Included under pattern name "C. Levering Baltimore" and pattern number 14371. Maker listed as Samuel Alcock & Co., 1828-1859, Cobridge & Burslem, Staffordshire (England).
[Article] Ewins, Neil. 1997 "Supplying the Present Wants of Our Yankee Cousins ...": Staffordshire Ceramics and the American Market 1775-1880. Journal of Ceramic History. 15: All.
• Published: p. 116, pl. 22, on p. 117 ftn. 64 noting 1853 Business Directory of Baltimore lists "Levering Bros. & Co., 98 W. Lombard Street."
[Electronic] Walthall, John A. 2013 Queensware Direct from the Potteries: U. S. Importers of Staffordshire Ceramics In Antebellum America: 1820 - 1860. Illinois State Archaeological Society 08/05/2014
• Published: pp. 7-9 (especially p. 9), noting association with Clark and 118-120 Lombard, Baltimore address. Dish made for Clinton Levering.
[Article] Earls, Amy C. & Miller, George L. 2005 "1830s Painted Wares from a New Orleans Importer". Ceramics in America. (2005): 247-252.
• Whiteware exports to New Orleans importer (some marked): see whole article.