Plate
- Title:
- Philadelphia From the Great Tree at Kensington under which Penn made his Great Treaty with the Indians.
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.057
- Creator:
- Beck, George; Cartwright, J.
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- 1820-1830
- Description:
- Plate. Blue transfer-printed earthenware. Pearlware. Circular with upward curving rim. Central scene on inner surface has scalloped outline and shows view of Philadelphia (Philadelphia with churches, etc. in background, shipping in middle, Great Tree at right foreground) across cove from what is known as Penn's Treaty Tree shown in foreground. Floral border (large roses in groups) with band of scrolls at rim. Printed mark on bottom: "PHILADELPHIA". Badly crazed. Chip on rim.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Transfer-printed - Dimensions:
- H-0.9 Dia-6.75 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)
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