Plate

Title:

Texian Campaigne

Object Name:

Plate

Object ID:

1914.014.182

Place of Origin:

Staffordshire, England

Date:

1846-1852

Description:

Plate. Pearlware or white earthenware. Circular plate with upward curving rim and scalloped edge. Underglaze, transfer-printed design in mulberry. Circular battle scene at center of inner surface, central figure is officer on white horse facing right. Fort on hill in background. Finely scrolled and foliated ornament encircles scene. Wide scrolled border on rim with deep indentations has representations of Ceres alternating with war trophies against a stippled ground. Floral swags within the indentations. Decorative band at rim. Outer surface undecorated. Printed mark on bottom: "TEXIAN / CAMPAIGNE / J. B.", the latter said to be the initials of the designer. Figure "4" printed or painted on bottom.

Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearl ware

Dimensions:

H-1 Dia-9.4 inches

Provenance:

Collected by Martha Durgin (b.1833) of Concord, NH. She probably began her collection in the late 1880s-early 1890s.
The "Texian Campaigne" pattern, depicting romanticized view of the war with Mexico, can be found with the marks of several different Staffordshire potteries and was produced 1846-1852 (with later re-productions); the mark on this one, "J.B," has not as yet been identified -- NJC, Dec. Arts Cataloging Project, 9/2007.

Credit Line:

Gift of Martha E. Durgin

People:

Durgin, Martha E. (1833-1916)

Subjects:

Officers, Military, Horses, Forts & fortifications