Saucers
MakerSaucer .15 made by
Enoch Wood & Sons
English, July 1818-1846
MakerSaucers .16 and .17 possibly made 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 Mrs. Morgan B. Brainard, Jr.
DescriptionGroup of three round saucers made of buff-colored earthenware with a blue-tinted glaze, a type of ceramic known as pearlware. The saucers 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. The saucers share the same pattern, but on one saucer, .15, the pattern is darker than the others. On this same saucer, there is a smudged line, about the width of a finger, in the center of the pattern. This is the only saucer with the maker's mark of "E. Wood & SONS". All three saucers have crazing on the glazed surface. There are two very small chips in the foot of saucer .15.
Object number1978.102.15-.17
MarkingsThe following marks are found on the bottom of the saucers:Saucer .15 has an impressed maker's mark of an eagle with outstretched wings beneath "SEMI CHINA". The following is impressed in a circular border around the eagle: "E. WOOD & SONS BURSLEM/ WARRANTED". Nearby is the impressed letter "K" and an unreadable transfer-printed blue number.
Saucers .16 and .17 each have an impressed "x" and an unreadable underglaze cobalt blue number.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.
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