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Plate (Dinner plate)
PIKE
1820-1840
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1964.1877
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1964.1877
Object Name
Plate (Dinner plate)
Title
PIKE
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1820-1840
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: The old HF du P number "4i309" is painted in red enamel (nail polish?)
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Label with "5-3-S/11" in pencil
Type: Inscription
Location: Well
Inscription: "PIKE"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Military
- War of 1812
- American market (English manufacture)
- Pike
- Z.M.
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
1 (H) x 10 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.5 (H) x 25.4 (Diam)
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
• Published: Included under pattern name "Pike" (alternate names: Zebulon Pike; Be Always Ready to Die for Your Country) and pattern no. 13724. Maker unknown.Book: Drakard, David. 1992 Printed English Pottery. History and Humour in the reign of George III 1760-1820.
• Print source: p. 244 and fig. 704.Book: McCauley, Robert Henry. 1942 Liverpool transfer designs on Anglo-American pottery.
• Jug with the same print: 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.