Collection Highlights
"Columbia Demands Her Children"
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.30
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: Fine Orchard House in the Catskills
Object Number:
1961.101
Date:
1820-1846
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 10 5/16 in. ( 1.9 x 26.2 cm )
Marks:
printed: on back: "PINE ORCHARD HOUSE/ CATSKILL MOUNTAINS/ E PLURIBUS UNUM" and eagle and shield
impressed: on back: "E. WOOD & SONS BURSLEM/WARRANTED/SEMI CHINA" and eagle and shield
Description:
Molded pearlware plate decorated with a blue and white transfer printed image of a mansion perched on a cliff in the mountains and figure on aroad near the house in foreground and surrounded by a shell border. (Larsen, 3rd ed., no. 34)
Gallery Label:
Thomas Cole's painting, "View of the Catskill Mountain House, New York," inspired this scene. Several Staffordshire potters reproduced engravings of the Catskill Mountain House, a popular resort perched on a ledge overlooking the Hudson Valley. The original name of the inn was Pine Orchard House.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
