Object Number 1958.1344

Object Name

Tureen (Sauce tureen)

Title

Passaic Falls

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

1819-1846

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Three small impressed asterisk-like marks that form a triangle
2. Mark; Underside; Unidentifiable underglaze blue mark

Subjects

American themed ceramics

Materials

Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

3.819 (H) , 7.835 (L) , 4.843 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

9.7 (H) , 19.9 (L) , 12.3 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Larsen, Ellouise Baker. 1974 American Historical Views on Staffordshire China.
• See pg 39-40 for a description of 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 "Passaic Falls" pattern: pattern title listed as Passaic Falls, State of New Jersey #01 (alternate name: Shell Border Series Circular Center), pattern no. 2993. Border pattern identified as Shell Border Series, Circular Center: Enoch Wood & Sons. Enoch Wood & Sons factory, Burslem, Staffordshire, 1818-46, with printed Bird-type 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. 2993, for acquatint titled "Passaic Falls in the State of New Jersey" by Francis Jukes, after painting by Alexander Robertson, c. 1802.