Dish
Dateca. 1825
Marked by
Enoch Wood & Sons
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (pearlware)
DimensionsOverall: 1 5/8 × 13 × 16 3/4in. (4.1 × 33 × 42.5cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2021-56
DescriptionDish: large oblong rectangular dish with transfer printed decoration showing a scene of Cape Coast Castle on the Gold Coast, Africa, surrounded by a shell and floral border.MarkingsThe reverse bears the impressed mark "E. WOOD & SONS BURSLEM / SEMI CHINA / WARRANTED" with an impressed eagle derived from the US Great Seal. There is also an impressed "19" on the underside.