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BEAUTIES OF AMERICA/ OCTAGON CHURCH/ BOSTON

John & William Ridgway

Category

Ceramics

Creator (Role)

John & William Ridgway (Maker)

Place of Origin

Hanley; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe

Materials

Earthenware (pearlware)
Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded
Printed

Dimensions (inches)

5 (H) x 10.748 (L) x 10.118 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.7 (H) x 27.3 (L) x 25.7 (Diam)

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

• Ridgway factory "Octagon Church, Boston"; "Exchange, Charleston"; and "Bank Savannah" patterns: pattern titles listed as Octagon Church Boston, pattern no. 880; Exchange, Charleston, pattern no. 4710; and Bank Savannah, pattern no. 899. Border pattern identified as Beauties of America Series. John & William Ridgway factory, Shelton & Hanley, Staffordshire, 1813-30, with printed Cartouche-type maker's marks.

• Design sources (prints): see under pattern no. 880 for engraving titled "New South" by Abel Bowen, 1829; see under pattern no. 4710 for engraving titled "Exchange-Charleston" by Joshua Shaw and W.G. Mason, c. 1823; and see under pattern no. 899 for engraving titled "Branch Bank of the United States, Savannah" by Joshua Shaw and W.G. Mason, 1829.

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Dish (Fruit dish)

BEAUTIES OF AMERICA/ OCTAGON CHURCH/ BOSTON

John & William Ridgway