Caster
- Title:
- Landing of Gen. Lafayette/ At Castle Garden, New York, 16th August 1824
- Object Name:
- Caster
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.078
- Creator:
- Clews, James; Clews, Ralph; Maverick, Samuel
- Place of Origin:
- Cobridge, Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- 1824-1834
- Description:
- Caster. Blue, transfer-printed earthenware. Pearlware. "Landing of Gen. Lafayette/ At Castle Garden, New York, 16th August 1824" pattern. Baluster form: bulbous with ring neck, rounded, coarsely pierced top, short tapered stem, and flat, circular foot. Scenes in oval on obverse and reverse, ships landing near fort with salute of cannons firing in foreground. Background of flowers and leaves. Cork in hole in bottom.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Transfer-printed - Dimensions:
- H-4.7 Dia-2.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Ceramics collected by Martha E. Durgin (1833-1916) of Concord, NH. She began collecting in the late 1880s and donated the collection to the Society in 1914.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Martha E. Durgin
- People:
- Durgin, Martha E. (1833-1916), Clews, James, Clews, Ralph, Lafayette, Marquis de (1757-1834)
- Subjects:
- Lafayette, Marquis de
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