Artist/Maker Enoch Wood & Sons (active 1818-1846)

Plate

1815-1840

Place madeEngland, Europe

Earthenware

Overall: 7/8 in. × 10 1/8 in. (2.2 × 25.7 cm)

The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection

1961.85

DescriptionDark blue transfer printed pearlware plate with central view depicting a large house with two turrets; the figures of a man, woman, child, and dog are in the foreground; the border pattern is composed of a grapevine, grapes, and flowers.

Markingsimpressed: on back: medallion with eagle and shield at center and "[ENOCH] WOOD & SONS BURSAL[EM]/SEMICHINA" printed: in blue on back: "LA GRANGE THE RESIDENCE/OF THE MARQUIS LAFAYETTE"

ClassificationsCERAMICS