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Esplanade and Castle Garden, NY; Deaf & Dumb Asylum, Hartford, CT; Almshouse, NY
Ralph Stevenson factory
1820-1825
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Ralph Stevenson factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Cobridge; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1958.1820
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.1820
Object Name
Dish
Title
Esplanade and Castle Garden, NY; Deaf & Dumb Asylum, Hartford, CT; Almshouse, NY
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Ralph Stevenson factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Cobridge; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1820-1825
Subject(s)
- American themed ceramics
- Disability
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
4.961 (H) x 7.283 (W) x 10.236 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
12.6 (H) x 18.5 (W) x 26 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Larsen, Ellouise Baker. 1974 American Historical Views on Staffordshire China.
• See pg 136-137 for descriptions of various scenes.Electronic: Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Stevenson factory "Esplanade and Castle Garden"; "Deaf and Dumb Asylum"; and "Almshouse, New York" patterns: pattern titles listed as Esplanade and Castle Garden, New York, pattern no. 2373; Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Hartford, Con., pattern no. 5310; and Almshouse, New York, pattern no. 5308. Border pattern identified as Vine border: Stevenson. Ralph Stevenson (& Son) factory, Cobridge, Staffordshire, 1810-35.Electronic: Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Design source (print): see under pattern no. 5310, for engraving titled "View of the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb" by John Warner Barber and engraved by Hamblen, no date.Article: Sousa, Daniel. 09//2021 Hartford's Asylum for the Deaf. Historic Deerfield. 19: 31-35.
• Discussion of Hartford Asylum and objects relating to deafness: see pp. 31 & 34 for blue-printed transferware portraying Hartford asylum; see p. 34 for brown-printed English child's mug with hand sign language. Well researched article with further illustrations. Objects in Deerfield collection