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 1/8in. (23.2cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
Object number2000.73.4
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, "The New Haven State House and the Old Chapel in the Yale Brick Row" on the bottom. The pattern shows a stone building with a projecting, pedimented portico supported by six Tuscan columns. To the left, a two-story building with a tower and steeple faces the stone building. There are two gentlemen in nineteenth-century clothing and top hats sitting on a wood fence in the foreground. This 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.
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