Saucer
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): 6 1/2in. (16.5cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Philip H. Hammerslough
DescriptionRound buff-colored earthenware saucer with a blue-tinted glaze, a type of ceramic known as pearlware. The pattern, transfer-printed in underglaze cobalt blue in the center of the 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. There is crazing on all the surfaces of the saucer, as well as a light brown discoloration.
Object number1964.116.3
MarkingsThere is one mark on the bottom of the saucer. It is 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".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.On View
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