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Platter, "Pass in the Catskill Mountains"

Maker: Enoch Wood and Sons, 1819-1846
Medium: Earthenware, blue underglaze
Place Made: Stoke-on-Trent, Burslem, Staffordshire, England
Dates: 1825-1830
Dimensions: 8 x 6 1/4 in. (20.3 x 15.9 cm)
Markings: On bottom in underglaze blue: eagle bearing banner which reads: "E Pluribus Unum" standing on a rectangle which has printed within "PASS IN THE / CATSKILL MOUNTAINS"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, American Landscape/Colony to Nation, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 60.213.187
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. William C. Esty
Image: Overall, 60.213.187_60.213.189a-b_reference_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Platter, oval earthenware, with under glaze blue transfer printed decoration (pictured with gravy bowl, 60.213.189a-b). Border: shell with seaweed and foliage. View in center: "Pass in the Catskill Mountains," mountain view with trees; figure standing on bluff to left and two figures walking in background. Source of view unknown. Condition: Good, three glaze imperfections in view date to time of manufacture.

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