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Dish (Sample dish)
Samuel Alcock & Co., Clinton Levering, Clinton Levering
1855-1859
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Samuel Alcock & Co. (Maker)
Place of Origin
Burslem; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1956.0015
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1956.0015
Object Name
Dish (Sample dish)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Samuel Alcock & Co. (Maker); Clinton Levering (Commissioning merchant); Clinton Levering (Importer)
Place of Origin
Burslem; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1855-1859
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: On front
Inscription: Printed "C LEVERING/ IMPORTER/ CHINA/ GLASS QUEEN'SWARE/ LOMBARD STREET/ BALTIMORE"
Type: Mark
Location: On back
Inscription: Printed in red "SAM.L ALCOCK & CO/ BURSLEM/ STAFFORDSHIRE".
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Advertisement
- Merchant
- Importer
- American market (English manufacture)
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
1.3 (H) x 12 (W) x 15.6 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
3.3 (H) x 30.5 (W) x 39.6 (L)
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 "C. Levering Baltimore" and pattern number 14371. Maker listed as Samuel Alcock & Co., 1828-1859, Cobridge & Burslem, Staffordshire (England).Article: Ewins, Neil. 1997 "Supplying the Present Wants of Our Yankee Cousins ...": Staffordshire Ceramics and the American Market 1775-1880. Journal of Ceramic History. 15: All.
• Published: p. 116, pl. 22, on p. 117 ftn. 64 noting 1853 Business Directory of Baltimore lists "Levering Bros. & Co., 98 W. Lombard Street."Electronic: Walthall, John A. 2013 Queensware Direct from the Potteries: U. S. Importers of Staffordshire Ceramics In Antebellum America: 1820 - 1860. Illinois State Archaeological Society 08/05/2014
• Published: pp. 7-9 (especially p. 9), noting association with Clark and 118-120 Lombard, Baltimore address. Dish made for Clinton Levering.Article: 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.