Gravy Bowl with Lid, "Passaic Falls, State of New Jersey"

• Artist: Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)
• Medium: Earthenware
• Geographical Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Burslem, Staffordshire, England
• Dates: ca. 1825-1830
• Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 5 5/8 x 4 13/16 in. (15.6 x 14.3 x 12.2 cm)
• Markings: On bottom: printed in blue underglaze, eagle bearing banner which reads, "E PLURIBUS UNUM" standing on a rectangle which has printed within "PASSAIC FALLS / STATE OF NEW JERSEY"; impressed "B"
• Signature: no signature
• Inscriptions: no inscriptions
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, EXHIBITION-5, American 5Q44
• Accession Number: 60.213.189a-b
• Image: 60.213.187_60.213.189a-b_reference_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,

Catalogue Description:
Earthenware gravy bowl (a) and lid (b) with blue under glaze decoration (pictured with platter, 60.213.187). (a) Bowl: oval base with feather fleur-de-lis handles on either end. Border: Shells with seaweed and foliage around base, top edge of bowl and edge of lid. View on side: "Passaic Falls," riverside with falls between two bluffs with figure standing on shore on both sides of bowl. Source of view: Drawing by Alexander Robertson (1768-1841). (b) Lid: oval with notch cut out for ladle in one end with rose shaped finial. Condition: Good, little chip on edge of lid, chip on edge of bowl.