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Dish (Sample or pattern dish or plate)
Davenport Factory (W. Davenport & Co.), Joseph Allen Crocker, Joseph Allen Crocker
1809-1817
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Davenport Factory (W. Davenport & Co.) (Maker)
Place of Origin
Longport; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1965.1429
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1965.1429
Object Name
Dish (Sample or pattern dish or plate)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Davenport Factory (W. Davenport & Co.) (Maker); Joseph Allen Crocker (Commissioning merchant); Joseph Allen Crocker (Importer)
Place of Origin
Longport; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1809-1817
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Impressed, "DAVENPORT/ [anchor]"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Old collectors labels, one rectangular adhesive with typed, "sf792" and one in red on the glaze, "sf792"
Type: Inscription
Location: Front
Inscription: Painted enamel script "Joseph Allen Crocker./China, Gla[s]s &/ Earthen-Ware, Dealer;/ Boston."
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Advertisement
- Merchant
- Importer
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Painted
- Molded
- Stamped (impressed)
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
1.5 (H) x 13 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
3.81 (H) x 33.02 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 2005 British Earthenware and Porcelain in Eighteenth Century America, in Gray, Jonathan. 2005. Welsh Ceramics in Context. 2. 71-91.
• Published: p. 83, pl. 4.16Book: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962 fall meeting of the Walpole Society selected from the collection of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 99 p.
• Published: p. 22, no. 33Article: Earls, Amy C. & Miller, George L. 2005 "1830s Painted Wares from a New Orleans Importer". Ceramics in America. (2005): 247-252.
• Whiteware exports to New Orleans importer (some marked): see whole article.Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. 1966 An Illustrated Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain.
• Marked Davenport creamware pattern plates (2): p. 118, no. 192