Object Number 1958.1881

Object Name

Dish (Platter)

Title

Arms of Georgia

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Thomas Mayer factory (Maker)
1836-1838

Place of Origin

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

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Transfer-printed underglaze blue eagle with a shield body and spread wings clutches an olive branch and a banner.
2. Mark; Underside; Impressed: "T. MAYER/ STOKE"
3. Mark; Underside; Impressed "11"

Subjects

American themed ceramics

Materials

Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

1.024 (H) , 11.772 (L) , 9.055 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.6 (H) , 29.9 (L) , 23 (W)

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
• Mayer factory "Arms of Georgia" pattern: pattern title listed as Arms of Georgia (alternate names: Arms of the States, Georgia; Arms of the American States, Georgia), pattern no. 2984. 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 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Design source (print): see under pattern no. 2984, for engraving titled "Arms of the States: Georgia," detail from "Arms of the States" by George Murray, a facsimile of the Declaration of Independence published by John Binns, 1819.