STAFFORDSHIRE AMERICAN HISTORICAL TRANSFER-PRINTED CERAMIC PLATTER, featuring light blue transfer "Columbian Star. / Octr 28th 1840.", as printed to underside, created to commemorate the election of William Henry Harrison as the ninth president, it depicts a log cabin with a woman and child by the door and a man plowing behind a pair of horses in foreground, and geometric stars border decoration. Additional marks to underside include garter-style mark with "Jn Ridgway" below pattern name, impressed "JOHN RIDGWAY", and old hand-brushed accession numbers. John Ridgway, Hanley, England. 1830-1841. 14 7/8" x 11 1/8".
Literature: Parallel the Armans -
Historical Staffordshire, An Illustrated Check-List, p. 108, pl. #278a; Transferware Collectors Club database pattern #3520.
Provenance: From the collection of Nick Routson, Phoenix, AZ.
Condition
Undamaged, having some expected minor light short scattered scratches.