Artist/Maker
Enoch Wood & Sons
(active 1818-1846)
Plate
1820-1840
Place madeEngland, Europe
Earthenware
Overall: 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. ( 2.2 x 26 cm )
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
1940.170
DescriptionDark blue transfer printed pearlware plate with slightly scalloped edges; the central image depicts a large ship, the Cadmus at anchor with the American flag flying; a smaller boat approaches the shore and three figures stand in the foreground; the border pattern is composed of shells and has an irregular center.Markingsimpressed: in back of plate: medallion with eagle and shield at center:" E WOOD & SONS BURSALEM WARRANTED" inscribed
paper label: affixed and back reads "Cadmus/ at Anchor"
ClassificationsCERAMICS
Enoch Wood & Sons
ca. 1820-1846
1961.338ab
