New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Platter

Manufacturer Enoch Wood and Sons (English, 1818-1846)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1825

MediumCeramic

DimensionsOverall: 2 1/4 x 20 3/4 x 16 1/4 in. (5.7 x 52.7 x 41.3 cm)

InscribedImpressed, bottom: Wood; a 5 in underglaze blue; underglaze blue transfer with floral and leaf swags; inscribed "SouthWest View of LAGRANGE/The Residence of the/MARQUIS LAFAYETTE"; Painted in black: "26663"

Credit LineGift of Admiral and Mrs. William Pierce Chilton

Object number87.378

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DescriptionBlue transfer design of the residence of General Lafayette forms the center of a rectangular meat plater; borders framing the view are of floral and fruit with leafage; blue shades from dark to light; made for the American market to mark Lafayette's return visit to American cities in 1825-1826. On view at Charleston Museum (Loan #26663) for many years. Has and age crack and chip; neither visible from the front.

Published ReferencesA.W. Camehl, THE BLUE CHINA BOOK, (NY: Dover, 1971), p. 192 facing ill.