Artist/Maker
Thomas Godwin
(British, 1800 – 1860)
Plate: Brooklyn Ferry from series American Views
ca. 1834-1854
Place madeEngland, Europe
Earthenware
Overall: 8 1/4 in. ( 21 cm )
Bequest of Harriet Ross LeBoeuf, 1998
2000.25
DescriptionBrown transfer-printed earthenware dessert plate with central iamge depicting Brooklyn Ferry; the border pattern is composed of flowers and Chinese fretwork; from the series "American Views."MarkingsMark: transfer-printed on back in brown: image of lion and unicorn on either side of shield with crown on top. On the shield is written "AMERICAN VIEWS", and on banners below "OPAQUE CHINA/T. GODWIN, WHARF"
Inscription: printed beneath previous mark:"Brooklyn Ferry"
ClassificationsCERAMICS
F. Gutekunst, Photographers
1883 - 1884
PR.087.StuartResidence
Thomas S. Cummings
1979.1a
Identical/Identical