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Mendenhall Ferry
Artist/Culture
Joseph Stubbs
(British, 1822–1835)
Artist/Culture
Staffordshire Potteries
(British, founded 1720)
Date19th century
Mediumlead-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration
Dimensions13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineBequest of Grenville H. Norcross
Object number1937.40
DescriptionMendenhall Ferry. Stamped in blue on bottom. Mark on bottom: 7 incised.Label TextThe English county of Staffordshire had been the center of production for transfer print pottery since the mid-eighteenth century. Seeking to repair damaged trade relations with the United States following the War of 1812, British potteries appealed to growing American nationalism with American-themed earthenware. Such items gained popularity among American consumers throughout much of the early 1800s and typically depicted civic buildings and landscapes decorated with ornamental borders. American view pottery reveals the interconnectedness of the public and the domestic in the early Republic, stressing that national pride could be consumed in all spheres of American life in the nineteenth century.ProvenanceGrenville H. Norcross, Boston, MA
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