Plate
- Title:
- Fair Mount
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.228
- Creator:
- Stubbs, Joseph
Ceramicist ; Birch, Thomas; Campbell, R. - Place of Origin:
- Longport, Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- 1824-1835
- Description:
- Plate. Pearlware earthenware. Circular plate with upward curving rim, which is shaped into eight slightly rounded sections. Underglaze, transfer-printed design in medium blue. Central scene on inner surface is outlined by a narrow, undulating band, and shows the dam and water works at Fair Mount in Philadelphia with a large tree and two figures in 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, underglaze blue: "Fair Mount / near / Philadelphia", in oval. Impressed mark on bottom reverse: "STUBB[S]".
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - 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.
Source of view: drawing by Thomas Birch, engraved by R. Campbell, published by Edward Parker, 1824. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Martha E. Durgin
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