Circa 1820s: According to Sam Laidacker's iconic tome The Standard Catalogue of Anglo-American China from 1810 to 1850, the scarce Lake George, State of New York pattern was produced only on the 16.5" platter manufactured by the English firm Enoch Wood & Sons as part of their classic Shell Border with Circular Center series made for the American market.
For Sale: $2,950
Circa 1820s: Produced by iconic English pottery firm for the American market, this big and beefy 18.5" dark blue historical Staffordshire platter depicts Castle Garden, Battery, New York, a scene most commonly found on the tiny cup plate. This is an extremely picturesque and romanticized view of the battery and its promenade because, as Jeffrey B. Snyder explains on page 19 of his Historical Staffordshire: American Patriots & Views: "historical Staffordshire scenes and landscapes were pristine when compared to the dirtiness and difficulties of everyday life.
For Sale: $2,450
Circa 1820s: This petite historical Staffordshire transferware platter with the desirable shell border depicts the scarce American view of High Lands Hudson River, a scene featuring an early sidewheeler and several other vessels on the Hudson River.
For Sale: $2,350
Circa 1820s: The Landing of General Lafayette At Castle Garden, New York, 16 August, 1824 celebrates the starting point of the heroic French general's first visit to the United States since his historic leadership in the American Revolutionary War nearly fifty years earlier.
For Sale: $1,975
Circa 1822-1835: Manufactured for the American market by English ceramicist Joseph Stubbs, this 21" x 17" medium blue serving platter of Fair Mount Near Philadelphia is the largest platter from the potter's popular spread eagle border series, which depicts various American views surrounded by a border of patriotic bald eagles interspersed between lush floral sprays.
For Sale: $1,895
Circa 1820s: The States pattern, also called America and Independence, is perhaps the most popular series of dark blue historical Stafforshire created for the Ameircan market by English brothers James and Ralph Clews. The names of fifteen American states are sparated by patrioc stars and are festooned around a piece's border.
For Sale: $1,875
Circa 1822-1835: Manufactured for the American market by English ceramicist Jospeh Stubbs, this dark blue serving platter depicts an urban yet pastoral landscape of the Boston State House and neighboring buildings with cattle lounging in the foreground and a few people, including one on horseback and one with a dog, strolling the avenue.
For Sale: $1,850
Circa 1820s: Niagara Falls has long been a spot of romance, and this dark blue transferware platter with shell border was manufactured for the American market by English firm Enoch Wood and Sons and depicts Niagara from the American Side.
For Sale: $1,795
Circa 1823-1835: Manufactured for the American market by English ceramicist Joseph Stubbs, this 18 1/2" x 15 3/8" medium blue serving platter of the Upper Bridge Over the River Schuylkill is from the potter's popular spread eagle border series, which depicts various American views surrounded by a border of patriotic bald eagles interspersed between lush floral sprays.
For Sale: $1,750
Circa 1822-1835: Manufactured for the American market by English ceramicist Joseph Stubbs, this seldom found bacon platter of the Woodlands Near Philadelphia is from the potter's popular spread eagle border series, which depicts various American views surrounded by a border of patriotic bald eagles interspersed between lush floral sprays.
For Sale: $1,695
Circa 1822-1835: Manufactured for the American market by English ceramicist Joseph Stubbs, this handsome platter of Hoboken in New Jersey is from the potter's popular spread eagle border series, which depicts various American views surrounded by a border of patriotic bald eagles interspersed between lush floral sprays.
For Sale: $1,675
Circa 1826-1838: Standing 11" tall, this dark blue historical Staffordshire pitcher with embossed white rim was produced by English potter Thomas Mayer for the American market. Mayer's Arms of the American States series is highly sought after, and this beautiful Arms of Maryland pitcher is scarce, visually pleasing and extremely desirable among collectors.
For Sale: $1,650
Circa 1820s: When Revolutionary War hero General Marquis de Lafayette landed on American shores in 1824 for his two year victory tour of the United States, he became wildy popular with our nation's citizens, and even the English potteries produced wares bearing the French genaral's image for the American market.
For Sale: $1,295
Circa 1820s: When Revolutionary War hero General Marquis de Lafayette landed on American shores in 1824 for his two year victory tour of the United States, he became wildy popular with our nation's citizens, and even the English potteries produced wares bearing the French genaral's image for the American market.
For Sale: $1,250
Circa 1820s: Scarce view only produced on the 6.5" plate— Because the decorators at the English potteries in the early 19th century were largely illiterate, sometimes pieces were mismarked as the decorators could not read the marks. Such is the case with this Enoch Wood & Sons plate.
For Sale: $1,175
Circa 1820s: One of the scarcer American views (produced on only two forms) from Enoch Wood & Sons' seminal Shell Border, Circular Center historical Staffordshire series is Tappan Bay from Greensburg (also known as Tappan Zee from Greensburg), and this petite dish is a hard one to find.
For Sale: $975
Circa 1822-1834: This graphic dark blue Shells pattern historical Staffordshire platter was produced in England by both Joseph Stubbs (1822-1834) and the partnership of Stubbs and Kent (1822-1830) for the American market.
For Sale: $975
Circa 1825-1828: The B & O Railroad is one of the most collected American views.
For Sale: $950
Circa 1818-1846: The scene on this platter depicts one of the great tourist attractions in early 19th century England.
For Sale: $950
Circa 1831-1835: Job and John Jackson produced a series of light colored historical Staffordshire American views at the Church Yard Works in England's Burslem, Staffordshire, including this 7.25"H (to tip of handle) purple cream jug depicting Schenectady on the Mohawk River.
For Sale: $895
Circa 1825: Historical Staffordshire and cup plate collectors will delight in having the opportunity to add this rare dark blue historical Staffordshire Staughton's Church, Philadelphia 4 1/8"D cup plate from the short lived partnership of Ralph Stevenson and Aldborough Loyd Williams.
For Sale: $875
Circa 1835: This large historical Staffordshire platter of Wadham College has no chips, cracks, or repairs.
For Sale: $795
Circa 1820s: English pottery firm Enoch Wood and Sons manufactured a highly popular dark blue shell border series with American views produced expressly for the American market to resuscitate trade between Great Britain and the United States after the tumultuous War of 1812.
For Sale: $695
Circa 1820s: In order to promote commerce between England and America after the War of 1812, potters in Britain began to manufacture transferware with American views and patriotic American slogans to export to the United States.
For Sale: $650
Circa 1825-1835: The oak leaf and acorn border transferware series contains over twenty-five American views. There were two views of Harvard produced in this series, including this view with two figures in the foreground.
For Sale: $625
Circa 1820: This hard to find 6 7/8" dark blue transferware bread plate from English potter Ralph Stevenson's attractive Vine Border series that features nearly twenty American views is marked "New York Battery" on the reverse and is also known as "Battery, New York, Flagstaff Pavillion," "The Battery Flagstaff," and "Battery, New York (Flagstaff Pavillion)" in various texts on historical Staffordshire.
For Sale: $595
Circa 1820s: Table Rock, Niagara is one of the few historical Staffordshire Canadian views manufactured in England for the American market and is highly desirable for that reason. This is the view of Niagara Falls from the Canadian side of the infamous honeymoon tourist attraction.
For Sale: $595
Circa 1825-1835: The handsome oak leaf and acorn border dark blue historical Staffordshire transferware series contains over twenty-five American views, most of them architectural in nature, was manufactured by Ralph Stevenson, Ralph Stevenson & Williams, and Ralph Stevenson & Son, depending on the date produced.
For Sale: $550
Circa 1814-1830: Ridgway manufactured over 20 American architectural views in their Beauties of America Series, and this view of the Philadelphia Library is an excellent example of their transferware produced for the American market.
For Sale: $495
Circa 1814-1830: Brothers John and William Ridgway manufactured over 20 architectural views in their Beauties of America Series. This view of New York's City Hall depicts a family of three gazing at the elegant building. City Hall was completed in 1814 at the cost of half a million dollars and was for many years...undoubtedly the handsomest public building of the country
For Sale: $485
Circa 1820s: One of the tougher dinner plate scenes to find from Enoch Wood & Sons is the City of Albany, State of New York view. This interesting scene of New York's state capitol portrays cattle in the foreground with a myriad of boats in the Hudson River behind them and an urban cityscape of Albany's vast skyline in the background.
For Sale: $475
Circa 1830s: Joseph Stubbs' popular eagle border frames this picturesque view of a well to do Pennsylvania couple.
For Sale: $450
Circa 1822-1835: English potter Joseph Stubbs, certainly chose well when he decided to enclose Philadelphia's Bank of the United States within his patriotic eagle border and make it part of his series to market on American shores.
For Sale: $435
Circa 1826-1838: One of the most sought after dark blue historical Staffordshire transferware series is English potter Thomas Mayer's Arms of the American States. This luncheon plate depicts Arms of the State of Rhode Island with its great anchor under the festoon of Hope and is adorned on the back with Mayer's impressed mark.
For Sale: $395
Circa 1827-1834: Among brothers James and Ralph Clews' most beloved transferware patterns made for the American market is Winter View in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. In Part 1 of Sam Laidacker's two volume Anglo-American China published in 1954, Laidacker catalogues a whopping 21 different shapes decorated with the Winter View of Pittsfield pattern, including the 10" dark blue dinner plate offered here.
For Sale: $310
Circa 1820s: This plate has two marks on the back: the standard impressed "Clews Warranted Staffordshire" with crown circular mark and the scarce blue merchant stamp for "J. Greenfield's China Store No. 77 Pearl Street New York." John Greenfield was a china importer and is found listed at this address in the New York City Directories from 1825 to 1835. Because of the dates of Lafayette's 1824-1826 American tour, Greenfield would have most probably ordered this plate during the general's visit.
For Sale: $295
Circa 1820s: The names of fifteen American states are separated by patriotic stars and are festooned around the piece's border. The central medallion which included the figures George Washington, Justice, and Liberty and an assortment of fruits and flowers completes the scene Two Story Building with Curved Drive.
For Sale: $285
Circa 1827-1834: One of brothers James and Ralph Clews' most popular transferware patterns made for the American market is Winter View in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. In Part 1 of Sam Laidacker's two volume Anglo-American China published in 1954, Laidacker catalogues a whopping 21 different shapes decorated with the Winter View of Pittsfield pattern, including the 8" salad plate offered here.
For Sale: $275
Circa 1820s: The States pattern, also called America and Independence, is perhaps the most popular series of dark blue historical Staffordshire created for the American market by English brothers James and Ralph Clews. The names of fifteen American states are separated by patriotic stars and are festooned around a piece's border.
For Sale: $195
Bob Zordani and Heidi Kellner: (217) 714-5016, Lexington, Virginia: zandk@zandkantiques.com
