Enoch Wood & Sons
Dinner Plate

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Dinner Plate
  • the "Chief Justice Marshall, Troy" pattern
Datec. 1825–1835
Made inBurslem, England
Place depictedTroy, New York, United States
MediumLead-glazed earthenware with transfer print
Dimensions1 1/8 × 10 1/8 in. diameter (2.9 × 25.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Jas A. Gundry
Object numberB.2013.16
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Glazed Porch
Exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

The steamboat Chief Justice Marshall serviced the Hudson River between Troy and New York City after her launch in 1825 and was known as “The Race Horse of the North River.” She was later relocated to the Connecticut River and was stranded in a storm off the coast of New Haven in 1835.

To save time on busy routes, passenger steamships such as this one merely slowed down their paddle wheel and released a small launch tethered to a rope. The launch would ferry passengers and luggage to the shore and pick up new ones before the steamer cranked it back in. This plate depicts this activity, with some recently disembarked passengers on the bank in the foreground. The view was most likely taken from an advertisement. The transfer-printed shell border was one of the firm’s stock designs and could be reused to decorate many different pieces.


ProvenanceJas A. Gundry, Houston; given to MFAH, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed on front: CHIEF JUSTICE / MARSHALL / TROY
Printed on bottom: TROY LINE / C J MARSHALL / CaP SHERMAZ
[no marks]

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