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

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 Old State House at Hartford" on the bottom. The pattern shows a three-story brick and stone building with a projecting pediment, a ballustrade on the roof, and a domed cupula. The building is set back behind a lawn and iron fence. Two oxen pull a cart of hay in the left foreground. The pattern is surrounded at the rim by a 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.

Object number2000.73.2

MarkingsThere is one lengthy underglaze black printed mark on the bottom of the plate. It begins, "CONNECTICUT/ TERCENTENARY/ CELEBRATION" over a shield with three grape vines inside. Below the shield is a banner with the motto, "QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET". To the left is the date "1635", and to the right is the date "1935". Below this is the title of the pattern, "THE OLD STATE HOUSE AT HARTFORD", and then "F.W.D., Del."

NotesNote: G. Fox and Company, of Hartford, Connecticut, sold this series of plates (2000.73.1-.4) to commemmorate the Connecticut Tercentenary, 1635-1935.

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