Plate
MakerAttributed to
Enoch Wood & Sons
(English, July 1818-1846)
After a work byAfter a drawing by
Alexander Jackson Davis
(American, 1803 - 1892)
Dateabout 1835-1840
MediumMechanically-molded buff-colored earthenware with a blue-tinted glaze and purple underglaze decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (diameter): 6 7/8in. (17.5cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Newton C. Brainard
Object number1953.25.2
DescriptionSmall, round, buff-colored earthenware plate with a blue-tinted glaze, a type of ceramic known as pearlware. The plate is decorated with an underglaze purple printed pattern and border. The circular pattern, found in the center of the plate, shows an imposing two-story house with a projecting front and rear portico supported by six columns. A flat, grassy lawn in the foreground is populated by a few small groups of people. There are flowers and a tree in the left foreground. The pattern is surrounded by a border of small geometric shapes, then an elaborate border at the rim. This border consists of three oval areas outlined with scrolls and leaves. Inside these areas are flowers, scrolls, leaves, and other abstract classical motifs. Between the oval areas, flowers and leaves sit on a field of purple. There is crazing over all the surfaces of the plate, and a slight yellow discoloration. There are two chips in the rim, and one crack that extends the width of the rim.
NotesSubject Note: The house shown on this plate belonged to merchant Samuel Russell of Middletown, Connecticut. The source of the view is a drawing by Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892), engraved and printed by Fenner, Sears & Co., and published in London on 1 January 1831 by I. T. Hinton & Simpkin & Marshall. (Hunt 11/10/2004)Status
Not on view
