Plate
c. 1817-1835
19th Century
10 1/2 in.
Ralph & James Clews,
British,
(1818–1834)
Object Type:
Decorative Art
Medium and Support:
earthenware
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of the Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library, from the Evelyn MacCurdy Salisbury Ceramics Collection
Accession Number:
1959.9
A Staffordshire plate celebrating the independence of America depicting Washington, blind justice and the goddess of Liberty ringed in a banner with the names of 15 states in a blue transfer print. The plate is earthenware with a lead
glaze and was made at the pottery of Ralph & James Clews in Cobridge, Staffordshire.