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Plate, Canova Pattern

Decorative Arts and Design

This is a rare instance of an American pottery directly copying an English plate, to undermine the monopoly that Staffordshire potteries had in the United States market in the mid-nineteenth century.
MEDIUM Earthenware
DATES ca. 1845
DIMENSIONS diameter: 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm) overall: 7/8 x 9 1/8 (2.2 x 23.2 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS Marked: elliptical mark with urn containing " american Pottery Co./ Canova/ Jersey City"
ACCESSION NUMBER 50.144
CREDIT LINE Museum Collection Fund
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION American Pottery Company (1833–ca 1854). Plate, Canova Pattern, ca. 1845. Earthenware, diameter: 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 50.144. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.144_bw.jpg)
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American Pottery Company (1833–ca 1854). <em>Plate, Canova Pattern</em>, ca. 1845. Earthenware, diameter: 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 50.144. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.144_bw.jpg)