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Plate (Dinner plate)
Herculaneum Factory
1795-1805
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Herculaneum Factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1959.0588
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.0588
Object Name
Plate (Dinner plate)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Herculaneum Factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1795-1805
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Incised "4"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- American eagle
- American themed ceramics
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
0.866 (H) x 9.626 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.2 (H) x 24.45 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Teitelman, S. Robert, et al. 2010 Success to America: Creamware for the American Market Featuring the S. Robert Teitelman Collection at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 214, no. 62Book: Teitelman, S. Robert, et al. 2010 Success to America: Creamware for the American Market Featuring the S. Robert Teitelman Collection at Winterthur.
• Very similar plates (2), initialed "MRR": p. 267, append. 2 (ex Teitelman coll.), no. 25, impressed "HERCULANEUM", associating initials with Matthew and Ruth Rogers, Long Island, NY, married 1797.Electronic: Howell, George Rogers. The Early History of Southampton, L. I., New York (online 1877 book). Yankee Peddler Book Company http://books.google.com/books?id=S5M5AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=early+history+southampton+howell&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iPNXUumoA8fSyAHP3oD4Bw&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=snippet&q=matthew%20rogers%20ruth%201797&f=false
• Geneology of original owners of similar plate with "MRR" initials: pp. 362, 379, re Captain Matthew Rogers (d. September 15, 1844) married July 3, 1797 Ruth (b. August 17, 1778; daughter of Abraham Sayre; d. July 18, 1856)