Cup Plate

This blue and white transfer-printed earthenware cup plate made by the Staffordshire firm of Joseph Clementson features a view titled "Lucerne" named after the Swiss capitol of the same name located at the confluence of the River Reuss and Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. The view belongs to a series of romantic views of Swiss scenery commonly known as "Lucerne." The printed mark on the back of the plate includes the words "GRANITE WARE," a trade name often used by nineteenth-century Staffordshire potters to denote "ironstone” earthenwares containing powdered iron slag. Refer to the Dictionary for definitions of the terms "cup plate" and "transfer printing" and for information about Clementson.