Object Number 1958.2133

Object Name

Dish (Fruit dish)

Title

BEAUTIES OF AMERICA/ OCTAGON CHURCH/ BOSTON

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John & William Ridgway (Maker)
1813-1830

Place of Origin

Hanley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Materials

Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

5 (H) , 10.748 (L) , 10.118 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.7 (H) , 27.3 (L) , 25.7 (Diam)

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
• Ridgway factory "Octagon Church, Boston"; "Exchange, Charleston"; and "Bank Savannah" patterns: pattern titles listed as Octagon Church Boston, pattern no. 880; Exchange, Charleston, pattern no. 4710; and Bank Savannah, pattern no. 899. Border pattern identified as Beauties of America Series. John & William Ridgway factory, Shelton & Hanley, Staffordshire, 1813-30, with printed Cartouche-type maker's marks.
[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Design sources (prints): see under pattern no. 880 for engraving titled "New South" by Abel Bowen, 1829; see under pattern no. 4710 for engraving titled "Exchange-Charleston" by Joshua Shaw and W.G. Mason, c. 1823; and see under pattern no. 899 for engraving titled "Branch Bank of the United States, Savannah" by Joshua Shaw and W.G. Mason, 1829.