STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE TRANSFER-PRINTED CERAMIC PLATES, LOT OF TEN, each having dark blue transfer patterns, including one with "FONTHILL / ABBEY", as printed to underside, two featuring Waterfalls scene with figures and cattle, one featuring figures in a boat with a group of swans, three with American historical views including "LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS / PLYMOUTH" and "THE BOSTON MASSACRE", other patterns include St. Catherine's Hill Near Guildford and Wild Rose. Marks to underside include impressed eagle and shield, crown encircled with "CLEWS WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE", "WOOD", "WEDGWOOD", and printed intertwined "R&M/Co" and "STAFFORDSHIRE / ENGLAND". Enoch Wood & Sons, Burslem; Ralph & James Clews, Cobridge; Wedgwood, Etruria; England. Importers Rowland & Marsellus Co., New York. 19th century. 7 3/4" to 10 1/2" D.
Literature: Transferware Collectors Club database patterns #2331, #10494, #10688.
Provenance: Property from a Youngstown, OH estate.
Nine undamaged, except some having usage wear including swans example with moderate glaze wear; one Waterfalls example with hairline.