Dinner Plate

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

CultureEnglish

Titles

Dinner Plate
the "Presidents House, Washington" pattern

Datec. 1831–1846

Made inBurslem, England

Place depictedWashington, District of Columbia, United States

MediumLead-glazed earthenware with transfer print

Dimensions1 3/8 × 10 1/2 in. diameter (3.5 × 26.7 cm)

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

Object numberB.2013.20

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Bayou Bend

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CERAMICS

DescriptionThe image at the center of the plate is identified as the President’s House. It depicts this early view of the White House during the Andrew Jackson presidency as a Greek Revival-style building with two stories and a lower level. Joseph Andrews engraved the print source after a drawing by H. Brown about 1830.
ProvenanceJas A. Gundry, Houston; given to MFAH, 2013.
Published References Arnold A. and Dorothy E. Kowalsky. Encyclopedia of Marks on American, English, and European Earthenware, Ironstone, Stoneware, 1780–1980: Makers, Marks, and Patterns in Blue and White, Historic Blue, Flow Blue, Mulberry, Romantic Transferware, Tea Leaf, and White Ironstone. Atglen, PA: Schiffe, 1999. pp. 272–273. Larsen, Ellouise Baker. American Historical Views on Staffordshire China. New York: Dover Publications, 1975. p. 121, no. 265 and p. 324. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

On bottom: PRESIDENTS HOUSE / WASHINGTON

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