Plate
This dark blue and white transfer-printed earthenware plate made by the Staffordshire firm of John & William Ridgway features a view of City Hall in New York. The view belongs to a series of approximately twenty-two views with borders of rose-filled leaf-shaped oval medallions titled "Beauties of America" produced for the United States export market. The series records important nineteenth-century hospitals, colleges, churches, libraries and other public buildings from Massachusetts to Georgia. New York's City Hall was an especially popular subject for transfer-printed export wares because of its obvious appeal to civic-minded American consumers.
Artwork Details
- Title:Plate
- Maker:John & William Ridgway (British, Shelton, active ca. 1814–30)
- Date:ca. 1814–ca. 1830
- Geography:Made in Staffordshire, England
- Culture:British (American market)
- Medium:Earthenware, transfer-printed
- Dimensions:Diam. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
- Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Abraham Lansing, 1910
- Object Number:10.57.8
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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