Plate
- Title:
- Bank of the United States, Philadelphia
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.180
- Creator:
- Stubbs, Joseph
Ceramicist ; View drawn and engraved by W. Birch & Son. pub. 1800 - Place of Origin:
- Burslem, England
- Date:
- 1820-1829
- Description:
- Plate. Pearlware, earthenware with blue underglaze transfer print, of a type known as "Old Blue." Circular plate with upward curving rim, which is shaped into eight slightly rounded sections. Central scene on obverse is outlined by a narrow undulating band and shows a street scene in Philadelphia with the first Bank of the U.S. (built 1795-98) as the predominant structure. Border has eagles alternating with floral designs and long S-scrolled foliage. Patches of honeycomb and square ground patterns at ends of each scroll. Reverse undecorated. Blue underglaze printed mark on bottom, within an oval: "Bank of the / UNITED STATES / Philadelphia". Impressed figure on bottom, "30.".
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearl ware - Dimensions:
- H-1 Dia-10.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Martha Durgin (b.1833) of Concord, NH. She probably began her collection in the late 1880s-early 1890s.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Martha E. Durgin
- Subjects:
- Bank of the United States, Philadelphia
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