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Teabowl (Teacup)
Landing of Gen. La Fayette at Castle Garden New York 16 August 1824 [#01]
Ralph and James Clews factory, Samuel Maverick
16 August 1824 (1824-1834)
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Ralph and James Clews factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Cobridge; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1958.1861
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.1861
Object Name
Teabowl (Teacup)
Title
Landing of Gen. La Fayette at Castle Garden New York 16 August 1824 [#01]
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Ralph and James Clews factory (Maker); Samuel Maverick (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Cobridge; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
16 August 1824 (1824-1834)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Exterior
Inscription: Underglaze blue printed "LANDING/OF/GEN. LAFAYETTE/ At Castle Garden/NEW YORK/ 16 August 1824."
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Lafayette
- American themed ceramics
- Military
- American market (English manufacture)
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
2.283 (H) x 3.74 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
5.8 (H) x 9.5 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Larsen, Ellouise Baker. 1974 American Historical Views on Staffordshire China.
• Rounded rectangular dish, design source, history: p. 71, no. 116, after drawing and engraving by Samuel Maverick, reproduced in Stokes's Iconography, vol. III, pl. 94a. Notes some plates marked "J. Greenfield's China Store, No. 77 Pearl Street, New York"Article: 05//1931 The Editor's Attic. Antiques. 19 (5): 359-61.
• 1824 print of same scene by Maverick(?) and large, footed punch bowl with same scene: p. 361, the bowl "erroneously" said to have been used at reception for Lafayette in NY. Explains why untrue.Electronic: Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Clews factory "Landing of Gen. La Fayette..." pattern: pattern title listed as Landing of Gen. La Fayette at Castle Garden New York 16 August 1824 #01 (Alternate name: Landing of La Fayette #01), pattern no. 2074. Ralph & James Clews factory, Cobridge, Staffordshire, 1814-34, with impressed maker's mark.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. 2074, for circular-format etching titled "Landing of Gen. LaFayette at Castle Garden, New York 16th August 1824" by Samuel Maverick, c. 1824.