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 1/4in. (23.5cm)
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 ,"Third Congregational Church at Litchfield" on the bottom. The pattern shows a two-story wood building with a projecting, pedimented portico. A tower and steeple rise above the building. A carriage is drawn by four horses down the street in the foreground. A man and a woman in nineteenth-century clothing stand in the foreground as well. The pattern 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, and a crack at the rim.
Object number2000.73.3
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, "THIRD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AT LITCHFIELD", and then "F.W.D., Del."NotesHistorical Note: G. Fox and Company, of Hartford, Connecticut, sold this series of plates (2000.73.1-.4) to commemmorate the Connecticut Tercentenary, 1635-1935.Collections
- G. Fox & Co.
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