Object Number 1965.1429

Object Name

Dish (Sample or pattern dish or plate)

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.

Joseph Allen Crocker (Commissioning merchant)
1788-1817
Boston merchant Joseph Allen Crocker is listed in Boston directories between 1809 and 1816. A Mary Crocker, widow, is listed at the same street address form 1818 to 1820. (JAC died in 1817). It is quite possible that the plate continued in use as a sample during this period.

Joseph Allen Crocker (Importer)
1788-1817
Boston merchant Joseph Allen Crocker is listed in Boston directories between 1809 and 1816. A Mary Crocker, widow, is listed at the same street address form 1818 to 1820. (JAC died in 1817). It is quite possible that the plate continued in use as a sample during this period.

Place of Origin

Longport, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1809-1816

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Impressed, "DAVENPORT/ [anchor]"
2. Label; Underside; Old collectors labels, one rectangular adhesive with typed, "sf792" and one in red on the glaze, "sf792"
3. Inscription; Front; Painted enamel script "Joseph Allen Crocker./China, Gla[s]s &/ Earthen-Ware, Dealer;/ Boston."

Subjects

Advertisement; Merchant; Importer

Materials

Earthenware (creamware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Painted, Molded, Stamped (impressed), Enameled

Dimensions (inches)

1.5 (H) , 13 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3.81 (H) , 33.02 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Grigsby, Leslie B. 2005 British Earthenware and Porcelain in Eighteenth Century America, in Gray, Jonathan. 2005. Welsh Ceramics in Context. 2. 71-91.
• Published: p. 83, pl. 4.16
[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962. 99 p.
• Published: p. 22, no. 33
[Article] Earls, Amy C. & Miller, George L. 2005 "1830s Painted Wares from a New Orleans Importer". Ceramics in America. (2005): 247-252.
• Whiteware exports to New Orleans importer (some marked): see whole article.
[Book] Godden, Geoffrey A. 1966 An Illustrated Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain.
• Marked Davenport creamware pattern plates (2): p. 118, no. 192