Plate (Dinner plate)

  • Title:

    Gilpin's Mills on the Brandywine Creek

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Enoch Wood & Sons factory (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    1820-1846

  • Materials:

    Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Printed

  • Museum Object Number:

    1958.1363


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1958.1363

Object Name

Plate (Dinner plate)

Title

Gilpin's Mills on the Brandywine Creek

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

1820-1846

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Underglaze blue cartouche with "Gilpin's Mills on the Brandywine Creek" under an eagle supporting a banner inscribed "E Pluribus Unum."
2. Mark; Underside; Impressed "SEMI CHINA" within circle above an eagle in the center, encircled by "E WOOD & SONS BURSLEM WARRANTED."
3. Mark; Underside; Impressed "8" or "D?"
4. Mark; Underside; Underglaze blue "6"

Subjects

American themed ceramics

Materials

Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

0.945 (H) , 9.213 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.4 (H) , 23.4 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Larsen, Ellouise Baker. 1974 American Historical Views on Staffordshire China.
See pg 37 for a description of the pattern.
[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 "Gilpin's Mills" pattern: pattern title listed as Gilpin's Mills on the Brandywine Creek (alternate name: Shell Border Series, Circular Center: Enoch Wood & Sons), pattern no. 2015. 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 marks.