Object Number 1953.0183.003

Object Name

Plate (Cup plate)

Title

SOUTH CAROLINA

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Thomas Mayer factory (Maker)
1836-1838

Place of Origin

Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1829-1829

Subjects

American themed ceramics

Materials

Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

0.512 (H) , 4.213 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1.3 (H) , 10.7 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Larsen, Ellouise Baker. 1974 American Historical Views on Staffordshire China.
• See pg 126 for a description of pattern.
[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Mayer factory "Arms of South Carolina" pattern: pattern title listed as Arms of South Carolina (alternate names: Arms of the States, South Carolina; Arms of the American States, South Carolina), pattern no. 2987. Border pattern identified as Trumpet flower and vine: Mayer. Thomas Mayer factory, Stoke-on-Trent & Longport, Staffordshire, 1826-38, with printed Bird-type maker's mark.
[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Design source (print): see under pattern no. 2987, for engraving titled "Arms of the States: South Carolina," detail from "Arms of the States" by George Murray, a facsimile of the Declaration of Independence published by John Binns, 1819.