Plate, Canova Pattern
American Pottery Company
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Object Label
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.
Caption
American Pottery Company (1833 – ca. 1854). Plate, Canova Pattern, ca. 1845. Earthenware, diameter: 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm) overall: 7/8 x 9 1/8 (2.2 x 23.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 50.144. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
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Collection
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Collection
Title
Plate, Canova Pattern
Date
ca. 1845
Medium
Earthenware
Classification
Dimensions
diameter: 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm) overall: 7/8 x 9 1/8 (2.2 x 23.2 cm)
Markings
Marked: elliptical mark with urn containing " american Pottery Co./ Canova/ Jersey City"
Credit Line
Museum Collection Fund
Accession Number
50.144
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