Plate
- Title:
- New York City Hall
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.056
- Creator:
- Stubbs, Joseph; Wall, William G. (1792-1864)
Artist ; Hill, I. J. - Place of Origin:
- Longport, Burslem, England
- Date:
- 1818-1830
- Description:
- Plate. Blue transfer printed earthenware. Pearlware. Circular with upward curving rim, which is shaped into eight slightly rounded sections. Underglaze, transfer-printed design in deep blue. Central scene on inner surface is outlined by a narrow undulating band, and shows the New York City Hall (built 1803-1812) with two figures in center foreground. Border has eagles alternating with floral designs and long S-scrolled foliage. Patches of honeycomb and square ground patterns at ends of each scroll. Outer surface undecorated. Printed mark on bottom: "City Hall / New York". Joseph Stubbs, potter at Burslem, Staffordshire, England (1790-1829). Source of view: drawing by W. G. Wall, engraved, printed and colored by I. J. Hill. Published by Behr & Kahl, 1826.
- Material:
- Ceramic
- 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
- Subjects:
- New York City Hall
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