Commodore Mac Donnough's Victory
Ceramics
Enoch Wood & Sons factory (Maker)
Benjamin Tanner (Design inspiration)
Hugh Reinagle (Design inspiration)
Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1819-1835
Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze
Molded, Printed
1958.1350
Object Number1958.1350 |
Plate (Dinner plate)
Commodore Mac Donnough's Victory
Ceramics
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Enoch Wood & Sons factory (Maker)
1818-1846
Benjamin Tanner (Design inspiration)
03/27/1775-1848
References: Appleton's Encyclopedia.
Hugh Reinagle (Design inspiration)
1788/1790-1834
Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1819-1835
1. Mark; Underside; Impressed "WOOD"
2. Mark; Underside; Impressed flower-like form
3. Mark; Underside; Underglaze blue "14"
Maritime; War of 1812; Military; American themed ceramics; American market (English manufacture); Commodore MacDonnough
Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze
Molded, Printed
0.787 (H) , 6.535 (Diam)
2 (H) , 16.6 (Diam)
Text available soon.
[Book] Larsen, Ellouise Baker. 1974 American Historical Views on Staffordshire China.
• Discussion of pattern: p. 32.
[Catalogue] Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Plate and hollow ware in same pattern: March 5-6 sale, 2016, lots 122, 124-128, Enoch Wood & Sons, Burslem, 1819-46
[Catalogue] Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Design source: March 5-6 sale, 2016, lot 123, "Engraving by Benjamin Tanner, painted by Hugh Reinagle, published by Tanner, Philadelphia, 1816.
[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 "Commodore MacDonnough's Victory" pattern: pattern title listed as Commodore MacDonnough's Victory (alternate name: Shell border Series Irregular or Grotto-Shaped Center), pattern no. 2000. Border pattern identified as Shell Border, Irregular or Grotto-Shaped Center: Enoch Wood & Sons. Enoch Wood & Sons factory, Burslem, Staffordshire, 1818-46, with impressed maker's marks.
[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. 2000, for engraving titled "Battle of Plattsburgh" by B. Tanner, after painting by H. Reinagle, 4 July 1816.