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Plate (Dinner plate)
Gilpin's Mills on the Brandywine Creek
Enoch Wood & Sons factory
1820-1846
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Enoch Wood & Sons factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Burslem; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1958.1361
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1958.1361
Object Name
Plate (Dinner plate)
Title
Gilpin's Mills on the Brandywine Creek
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Enoch Wood & Sons factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Burslem; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1820-1846
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Underglaze blue cartouche with "Gilpin's Mills on the Brandywine Creek" under an eagle supporting a banner inscribed "E Pluribus Unum."
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Impressed "SEMI CHINA" within circle above an eagle in the center, encircled by "E WOOD & SONS BURSLEM WARRANTED."
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- American themed ceramics
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
0.945 (H) x 9.213 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.4 (H) x 23.4 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Larsen, Ellouise Baker. 1974 American Historical Views on Staffordshire China.
• See pg 37 for a description of the pattern.Electronic: Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Wood factory "Gilpin's Mills" pattern: pattern title listed as Gilpin's Mills on the Brandywine Creek (alternate name: Shell Border Series, Circular Center: Enoch Wood & Sons), pattern no. 2015. Border pattern identified as Shell Border Series, Circular Center: Enoch Wood & Sons. Enoch Wood & Sons factory, Burslem, Staffordshire, 1818-46, with impressed and printed Bird-type maker's marks.