Plate or bowl (Soup plate or bowl)

  • Title:

    PIKE

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Davenport Factory (W. Davenport & Co.) (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Longport, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    1815-1830

  • Materials:

    Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Printed, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1964.1876


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1964.1876

Object Name

Plate or bowl (Soup plate or bowl)

Title

PIKE

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Davenport Factory (W. Davenport & Co.) (Maker)
1793-1887
Founded by John Davenport in Longport, Staffordshire, England.

Place of Origin

Longport, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1815-1830

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Impressed "Davenport."
2. Inscription; Well; Printed "PIKE"
3. Label; Underside; Label with "5-4-S/12" in pencil

Subjects

Military; War of 1812; American market (English manufacture); Pike, Z.M.; Pike's Peak

Materials

Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

1.3 (H) , 9.6 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3.4 (H) , 24.4 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Lockett, Terence A. & Godden, Geoffrey A. 1989 Davenport China, Earthenware, Glass.
Same portrait on Davenport shell-edge plate, portraying Zebulon Montgomery Pike: p. 162, no. 134, noting Pike was general and explorer, Pike's Peak. Design source and related plates discussed.
[Book] Drakard, David. 1992 Printed English Pottery. History and Humour in the reign of George III 1760-1820.
The print source is referenced on p. 244. See fig. 704.
[Book] McCauley, Robert Henry. 1942 Liverpool transfer designs on Anglo-American pottery.
A jug with the same print is illustrated in Fig. 44A.
[Book] Beddoe, Stella. 2015 A Potted History: Henry Willett's Ceramic Chronicle of Britain.
Several printed English earthenwares portrying War of 1812 motifs: p. 104.
[Book] Lockett, Terence A. & Godden, Geoffrey A. 1989 Davenport China, Earthenware, Glass.
Mark listed as rare, c. 1800-1820: pp. 73, no. E4, "has only been noted on printed wares."