Plate: The Bombardment of Fort McHenry Maker: Shenango Pottery Company (American, founded 1901)

1933

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

White hard-paste porcelain

Dimensions

10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1942.360j

Geography

Made in New Castle, Pennsylvania

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Containers

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No Copyright - United States
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plates (dishes)

Inscriptions

Legend on reverse surrounded by anchors and cannon: "THE / BOMBARDMENT OF / FORT McHENRY / ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1814, / A SQUADRON OF BRITISH SHIPS IN CHES- / APEAKE BAY BOMBARDED FORT McHENRY / AT BALTIMORE. THE ENGAGEMENT CON- / TINUTED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MORNING WHEN / THE BRITISH RETIRED. FRANCIS SCOTT KEY, / WATCHING THE BOMBARDMENT, SAW "THAT THE FLAG WAS SITLL THERE" AND WROTE THE "STAR-SPANGLED BANNER". THIS SCENE OF THE BAT-/TLE IS AFTER THE ENGRAVING BY U. KNEASS OF / THE PAINTING BY W. STRICKLAND. IT IS NUMBER ELEVEN OF A SERIES OF TWELVE AMERICAN / NAVAL PRINTS FROM THE MABEL BRADY / GARVAN COLLECTION REPRODUCED BY SPE-/CIAL PERMISSION UDER THE SPONSORSHIP / OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY IN / COMMEMORATION OF THE FOUND-/ING AND EARLY EXPLOITS / OF THE UNITED / STATES NAVY."

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