Artist/Maker
John Rogers & Son
Platter
1816-1842
Place madeEngland, Europe
Earthenware
Overall: 1 1/8 x 19 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. ( 2.9 x 49.5 x 37.5 cm )
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
1955.264
According to the donor, this scene was taken from a drawing done by Michaele Felice Corné (1757-1845); the engraving was done by Wightman; it was published by Abel Bowen in "Naval Monument" in 1816.
DescriptionOval pearlware platter with lobed corners; blue transfer printed flower and mottled shell border; rectangular scene of naval battle in center (engagement between U.S. frigate Chesapeake and H.M.S. Shannon 1813).ClassificationsCERAMICS
Carlton Theodore Chapman
1896
1925.114
Thomas Buttersworth
ca. 1815
1963.69
