Artist/Maker
Crown Ducal
Depicted
Charles Cornwallis
(British, 1738 – 1805)
Plate
1932
Place madeEngland, Europe
Earthenware
Overall: 7/8 x 8 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. ( 2.2 x 21.3 x 21.3 cm )
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
1957.14j
DescriptionRoughly square earthenware plate with slightly serpentine sides and scalloped corners; center with green transfer-printed image of battlefield with a line of soldiers on horseback on either side (those on the right bearing the American flag) and a solitary figure on horseback at the center; flower and scroll pattern on rim.Markingstransfer printed: on obverse, below central image: "Surrender of Cornwallis"
transfer printed: on reverse: "George Washington / Bicentenary / Memorial / Plates / 1732-1932 / First in War / First in Peace / First in the Hearts of His Countrymen" and "Crown Ducal / England"
ClassificationsCERAMICS