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Plate

Plate
Object name 
Plate
Date 
1824-1836
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Clews, James and Ralph
Related People 
Depicted: Marquis de Lafayette
Medium 
Earthenware
Dimensions 
Overall: 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 17.1 cm )
Description 
Molded earthenware (pearlware) plate transfer-printed in dark blue with scene of landing of General Lafayette at Castle Garden; floral border with beading around edge.
Credit Line 
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number 
1940.176
Marks 
impressed: on underside of plate: "CLEWS WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE" around crown handrwritten: on jelly label attached to underside of plate: "Landing..."
Gallery Label 
Lafayette's much-celebrated return to America in 1824 was an enormously popular subject for Staffordshire pottery. New York's finest steamboats, the "Chancellor Livingston" and the "Robert Fulton," can be seen at the left; hundreds of people on the building's roof witness a cannon and artillery salute.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.