Plate or bowl (Soup plate or bowl)

PIKE

Davenport Factory (W. Davenport & Co.)

1815-1830

Category

Ceramics

Creator (Role)

Davenport Factory (W. Davenport & Co.) (Maker)

Place of Origin

Longport; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe

Date

1815-1830

Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label

Type: Mark

Location: Underside

Inscription: Impressed "Davenport."

Type: Inscription

Location: Well

Inscription: Printed "PIKE"

Type: Label

Location: Underside

Inscription: Label with "5-4-S/12" in pencil

Mark/Signature: Yes

Subject(s)

Military
War of 1812
American market (English manufacture)
Pike
Z.M.
Pike's Peak

Materials

Earthenware (pearlware)
Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded
Printed
Painted

Dimensions (inches)

1.3 (H) x 9.6 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3.4 (H) x 24.4 (Diam)

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

Book: Lockett, Terence A. & Godden, Geoffrey A. 1989 Davenport China, Earthenware, Glass.

• Same portrait on Davenport shell-edge plate, portraying Zebulon Montgomery Pike: p. 162, no. 134, noting Pike was general and explorer, Pike's Peak. Design source and related plates discussed.

Book: Drakard, David. 1992 Printed English Pottery. History and Humour in the reign of George III 1760-1820.

• The print source is referenced on p. 244. See fig. 704.

Book: McCauley, Robert Henry. 1942 Liverpool transfer designs on Anglo-American pottery.

• A jug with the same print is illustrated in Fig. 44A.

Book: Beddoe, Stella. 2015 A Potted History: Henry Willett's Ceramic Chronicle of Britain.

• Several printed English earthenwares portrying War of 1812 motifs: p. 104.

Book: Lockett, Terence A. & Godden, Geoffrey A. 1989 Davenport China, Earthenware, Glass.

• Mark listed as rare, c. 1800-1820: pp. 73, no. E4, "has only been noted on printed wares."

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Plate or bowl (Soup plate or bowl)

PIKE

Davenport Factory (W. Davenport & Co.)

1815-1830