Plate
RetailerSold by
G. Fox and Co.
(American, founded 1847)
MakerMade by
Unknown
After a work byAfter a drawing by
F. W. D.
Date1935
MediumMechanically-molded ironstone with underglaze black decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (diameter): 9 1/4in. (23.5cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionRound, cream-colored ironstone plate with a black transfer-printed underglaze pattern and border. The circular pattern in the center of the plate is titled ,"Third Congregational Church at Litchfield" on the bottom. The pattern shows a two-story wood building with a projecting, pedimented portico. A tower and steeple rise above the building. A carriage is drawn by four horses down the street in the foreground. A man and a woman in nineteenth-century clothing stand in the foreground as well. The pattern is surrounded at the rim by a black printed border. The border consists of a dense vine of grapes and grape leaves with a ribbon, or banner, wrapped around the vine. The names of Connecticut towns are written on the banner that circles the vine on the border. These are, "ASHFORD/ STONINGTON/ GROTON/ PRESTON/ VOLUNTOWN/ PLAINFIELD/ KILLINGLY/ NEW LONDON/ NORWICH/ CANTERBURY/ POMFRET/ WINDHAM". There is crazing over all the surfaces of the plate, and a crack at the rim.
Object number2000.73.3
NotesHistorical Note: G. Fox and Company, of Hartford, Connecticut, sold this series of plates (2000.73.1-.4) to commemmorate the Connecticut Tercentenary, 1635-1935.On View
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