Object Number 1966.0949

Object Name

Compote

Title

Yale College, & State House: New Haven and Skenectady on the Mohawk River

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Jackson, Job & John (Maker)
1831-1835

Alexander Jackson Davis (Draftsman)
07/04/1803-01/14/1892
See Alexander Jackson Davis Papers, Col. 114, Downs Collection, Winterthur Library (finding aid available at http://findingaid.winterthur.org/html/col114.html).

Fenner, Sears & Co. (Engraver and printer)
1830-c. 1836

J. T. Hinoton & Simpkin & Marshall (Publisher)

Place of Origin

Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1831-1843

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Printed in brown script: "Skenectady./on the Mohawk River" above a banner bearing "JACKSONS WARRANTED"
2. Label; Underside; Circular label with "5"

Subjects

Government; American market (English manufacture)

Materials

Earthenware (white); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

6 (H) , 10 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

15.2 (H) , 26 (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
• Published: Included under pattern name "Skenectady on the Mohawk River (alternate name: American Scenery Series) and pattern number 5852. Border pattern identified as Jackson's Warranted.
[Book] Larsen, Ellouise Baker. 1974 American Historical Views on Staffordshire China.
• Information on patterns: pp. 159, 162-63, nos. 376, 389.
[Article] Hunter, Robert & Miller, George L. 2001 "All in the Family: A Staffordshire Soup Plate and the American Market". Ceramics in America. 222-225.
• Makers link to America: article, Florentine Villas printed plate has printed back "Presented to/J. Greenfield Esqr. [NY importer]/as a small/TESTIMONY OF ESTEEM/from his friends/JOB & JOHN JACKSON".