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Maker Enoch Wood & Sons(British, 1818–1846)British, 1818–1846

CultureEnglish

Titles

Plate
the "Utica Tribute" pattern

Datec. 1824–1835

Place depictedUtica, New York, United States

Made inEngland

MediumLead-glazed earthenware with transfer print

Dimensions7/8 × 7 7/8 in. diameter (2.2 × 20 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Jas A. Gundry

Object numberB.2013.15

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Bayou Bend

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CERAMICS

DescriptionThis a commemorative plate for the opening of the Erie Canal in New York. When completed in 1825, it was the second longest canal in the world (after the Grand Canal in China) and greatly enhanced the development and economy of the state. The plate’s border shows views of the canal’s locks and barges.
ProvenanceJas A. Gundry, Houston; given to MFAH, 2013.
Published References Haines Halsey, R.T. "Pictures of Early New York on Dark Blue Staffordshire Pottery, Together with Pictures of Boston and New England, Philadelphia, the South and West." New York: Dover Publications, 1974, pp. 73-75. Larsen, Ellouise Baker. "American Historical Views on Staffordshire China." New York: Dover Publications, 1975. p. 121, no. 265 and p. 324. Moore, N. Hudson. "The Old China Book: Including Staffordshire, Wedgwood, lustre, and Other English Pottery and Porcelain." Rutland, VT: C.E. Tuttle Co, 1974. p. 61, fig. 55 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Printed on front: UTICA / A VILLAGE IN THE STATE OF / NEW YORK THIRTY YEARS SINCE / A WILDERNESS NOW (1824) INFERIOR TO / NONE IN THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE / STATE. / IN POPULATION WEALTH COMMERCIAL / ENTERPRISE ACTIVE INDUSTRY / & CIVIL IMPROVEMENT

Marked on bottom: 13 [or] 18

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