Dish (Stand)

  • Title:

    Landing of Gen. La Fayette at Castle Garden New York 16 August 1824 [#01]

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Ralph and James Clews factory (Maker)

    Samuel Maverick (Design inspiration)

  • Place of Origin:

    Cobridge, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    16 August 1824 (1824-1824)

  • Materials:

    Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Printed

  • Museum Object Number:

    1953.0183.002


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1953.0183.002

Object Name

Dish (Stand)

Title

Landing of Gen. La Fayette at Castle Garden New York 16 August 1824 [#01]

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Ralph and James Clews factory (Maker)
1814-1834

Samuel Maverick (Design inspiration)
1789-1845

Place of Origin

Cobridge, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

16 August 1824 (1824-1824)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Impressed mark of crown with "CLEWS/WARRANTED/STAFFORDSHIRE" impressed underneath
2. Mark; Underside; Underglaze blue decorator's mark "T"
3. Inscription; Front; Underglaze blue printed "LANDING OF GEN. LA FAYETTE/ At Castle Garden New York/ 16 August 1824."

Subjects

Lafayette; American themed ceramics; Military; American market (English manufacture)

Materials

Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

1.417 (H) , 11.89 (L) , 9.409 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3.6 (H) , 30.2 (L) , 23.9 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Larsen, Ellouise Baker. 1974 American Historical Views on Staffordshire China.
Rounded rectangular dish, design source, history: p. 71, no. 116, after drawing and engraving by Samuel Maverick, reproduced in Stokes's Iconography, vol. III, pl. 94a. Notes some plates marked "J. Greenfield's China Store, No. 77 Pearl Street, New York"
[Article] 05//1931 The Editor's Attic. Antiques. 19 (5): 359-61.
1824 print of same scene by Maverick(?) and large, footed punch bowl with same scene: p. 361, the bowl "erroneously" said to have been used at reception for Lafayette in NY. Explains why untrue.
[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
Clews factory "Landing of Gen. La Fayette..." pattern: pattern title listed as Landing of Gen. La Fayette at Castle Garden New York 16 August 1824 #01 (Alternate name: Landing of La Fayette #01), pattern no. 2074. Ralph & James Clews factory, Cobridge, Staffordshire, 1814-34, with impressed maker's mark.
[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. 2074, for circular-format etching titled "Landing of Gen. LaFayette at Castle Garden, New York 16th August 1824" by Samuel Maverick, c. 1824.