Saucers
MakerMade by
Enoch Wood & Sons
(English, July 1818-1846)
After a work byProbably after a wood engraving by
John Warner Barber
(American, 1798 - 1885)
Dateabout 1840
MediumMechanically-molded buff-colored earthenware with a blue-tinted glaze and underglaze cobalt blue decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (diameter of each saucer): 5 3/4in. (14.6cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of the heirs of Morgan B. Brainard
Object number1961.12.10.1-.5
DescriptionGroup of five round saucers made of buff-colored earthenware with a blue-tinted glaze, a type of ceramic known as pearlware. The saucers each have the same transfer-printed pattern and border in a dark underglaze cobalt blue. The pattern, found in the center of each saucer, shows three people in a sailboat with a single mast and sail on a body of water. Two more individuals are standing and one is sitting on the shore in the near foreground. Beyond the river, a building sits on a shore at the base of a mountain. A crenellated tower is at the top of the mountain. Below the pattern, is the title "WADSWORTH/ TOWER". The pattern is surrounded by a border of white shells and light blue plants on a field of dark blue. The inside edge of the border is irregular, and the outside edge has a line of evenly spaced small white flowers. Not all of the saucers are printed with the same shade of blue. Saucer 1961.12.10.2 is darker than the others, and 1961.12.10.3 is lighter than the rest. All the surfaces of the saucers have crazing. Saucer .3 has a rectangular tan sticker with a red border and the numbers "13 1/2" hand-written in pencil, located on the top surface of the rim.
NotesSubject Note: The pattern on these ceramics, titled "WADSWORTH TOWER", shows a tower built in 1810 by Daniel Wadsworth. The tower was built on top of Talcott Mountain, on Wadsworth's country estate, "Monte Video," in the town of Avon, Connecticut. Wadsworth's home on the estate, pictured in other Staffordshire ceramics, was near Wadsworth Tower, but is not pictured in this pattern. The tower commanded a fine view of the Connecticut river valley and was a popular resort for sight seers. It was blown down in 1840.Status
Not on view
