Platter, "Niagara from the American Side"

• Artist: Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)
• Medium: Earthenware
• Geographical Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Burslem, Staffordshire, England
• Dates: ca. 1829-1846
• Dimensions: 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (37.5 x 29.2 cm)
• Markings: On underside: printed in blue underglaze, eagle and shield with "E Pluribus Unum" in banner above and "Niagara From the American Side" on band below; impressed circular mark with eagle and "E. Wood & Sons Burslem Warranted Semichina".
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, SPECIAL EXHIBITION, 1-Rotating 1Q31 - Great Hall
• Accession Number: 63.186.17
• Image: 63.186.17_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,

Catalogue Description:
Platter, dark blue transfer-printed earthenware, oval with chamfered corners. Border: Shells. View in center: Niagara Falls from the American side with bank of trees in foreground, man and woman in center, and Niagara Falls and surrounding landscape in middle distance and background. Source of view: possibly an engraving published by H. Gaugain in "Itinéraire Pittoresque du Fleuve Hudson" (1828-29) from a sketch by J. Milbert. Condition: very good to excellent