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Record photo by CL
Plate
Record photo by CL

Plate

Date1820-1846
Maker Enoch Wood & Sons
MediumEarthenware, lead-glazed
DimensionsOverall: 16.5cm (6 1/2in.)
Credit LineGift of Anne Genter
Object number2015-185
DescriptionBlue transfer-printed china glaze plate with an image of Mount Vernon in the center and a border of shells around the rim. The shell border was one of Enoch Wood and Sons most common stock designs. The view of Mount Vernon derives from an 1800 engraving by Francis Jukes after a drawing by Alexander Robertson.
MarkingsOn the reverse the plate is marked with an impressed "Wood" and an additional transfer-printed mark "E. Wood & Sons" above an eagle and a banner beneath that, which incorrectly labels the image "The Capitol, Washington."
ProvenanceEx. Coll: Anne Genter