Collection Highlights
Punch bowl: Landing of Lafayette
1840-1850
1910.24
Earthenware
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Plate
Object name
Plate
Date
1824-1836
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. ( 1.9 x 19.7 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 Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number
1961.93
Marks
impressed: on underside of plate: "CLEWS WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE" around crown
transfer-printed: beneath image on front of plate: "LANDING OF GEN. LA FAYETTE/At Castle Garden New York/16. August 1824"
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.
Provenance
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
