Object Number 1955.0065.001

Object Name

Plate (Dinner plate)

Title

"CITY OF ALBANY/ STATE OF NEW YORK"

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles K. Davis

Creator (Role)

Enoch Wood & Sons factory (Maker)
1818-1846

Place of Origin

Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1830-1846

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Impressed spread eagle with a shield body, head left, with the words "SEMI CHINA" above, all enclosed in a double circle forming a band bearing the words "E. WOOD & SONS BURSLEM/ WARRANTED."
2. Mark; Underside; Impressed "L"

Subjects

American themed ceramics; American market (English manufacture)

Materials

Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

0.984 (H) , 10.118 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.5 (H) , 25.7 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Larsen, Ellouise Baker. 1974 American Historical Views on Staffordshire China.
• See pgs. 33-34 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 "City of Albany" pattern: pattern title listed as City of Albany, State of New York (alternate name: Shell Border Series circular center), pattern no. 1992. Border pattern identified as Shell Border Series, Circular Center: Enoch Wood & Sons. Enoch Wood & Sons factory, Burslem, Staffodshire, 1818-46, with impressed and printed Bird-type maker's marks.