STAFFORDSHIRE AMERICAN HISTORICAL TRANSFER-PRINTED CERAMIC VEGETABLE DISH, ovoid form, featuring States series patterns, having central image depicting Trematon Castle, Cornwall with sailboats on lake in foreground, flanked by patriotic female figures Justice and Liberty on platforms reading "AMERICA AND / INDEPENDENCE", portrait image of George Washington beside Justice, border featuring 15 states enumerated in swags interspersed with stars, and exterior having Coghill Hall, Yorkshire to each side. Impressed crown mark encircled with "CLEWS WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE" to underside. Ralph & James Clews, Cobridge, England. 1814-1834. 2 3/8" H, 11 1/4" x 8 1/2".
Literature: Parallels the Armans -
Historical Staffordshire, An Illustrated Check-List, p. 16, pl. 11 and p. 17, pl. 14; Transferware Collectors Club database patterns #2362 and #9767.
Provenance: From the collection of Nick Routson, Phoenix, AZ.
Condition
Having a few very faint rim hairlines that are primarily visible to underside due to decoration.