Coalport Porcelain Manufactory
Dinner Plate

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MakerPossibly Coalport Porcelain ManufactoryEnglish, 1795–1926

Makeror possibly Derby Porcelain Manufactory, Robert Bloor Period

EngraverAfter designs by William Henry BartlettEnglish, 1809–1854

CultureEnglish

Titles

Dinner Plate

Datec. 1840–1850

Possible placeCoalport, England

Possible placeDerby, England

MediumSoft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding

Dimensions1 × 9 1/4 in. diameter (2.5 × 23.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the 1987 Bayou Bend Provisional Class in honor of Mrs. C. Kenneth Smith

Object numberB.89.17.4

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Ceramics Study Room

On view

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

DescriptionThis plate features a view the Susquehanna River at Liverpool, Pennsylvania, approximately 20 miles north of Harrisburg. The image was adapted from a work by the English artist William Henry Bartlett, who traveled to the United States to record scenic views that were later engraved and published in American Scenery: or Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature.
Provenance[The Stradlings, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: Painted in script on underside, center: "View on the Susquehanna, at Liverpool/America"

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