STAFFORDSHIRE AMERICAN HISTORICAL TRANSFER-PRINTED CERAMIC CUP PLATE, featuring the "LANDING OF GEN. LA FAYETTE / at Castle Garden, 16 August", printed below scene, depicting the arrival of the Marquis de Lafayette from France to New York Harbor, no border decoration. Impressed crown mark encircled with "CLEWS WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE" to underside. Ralph & James Clews, Cobridge, England. 1814-1834. 3 1/2" D.
Literature: The Armans -
Anglo-American Ceramic Cup Plates - Part I, p. 8, pl. 7; Transferware Collectors Club database pattern #2074.
Provenance: From the collection of Nick Routson, Phoenix, AZ.
William R. and Teresa F. Kurau, Lampeter, PA.
Condition
Having rim hairline that is primarily visible to underside due to decoration.