“Peasant” Pattern Plate from the William Henry Harrison Dinner Service Manufacturer: Brameld (British, 1806-1842)

1841

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Blue transfer-printed earthenware

Dimensions

Diam. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.3169

Geography

Manufactured in Swinton, Rotherham, England, Owned in Washington, D.C.

Culture

British

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Thomas Pursell (1801–1871), Washington, D.C.; sold to William Henry Harrison (1773–1841) for the White House, Washington, D.C., 1841 [see note 1]. Sold to Francis P. Garvan (1875–1937), New York, by 1930; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1930

Note 1: On March 22, 1841, President Harrison purchased “8 Edged dishes” from Thomas Pursell, a houseware seller in Washington, D.C. Harrison died the following month and the bill was finally paid during James K. Polk’s administration. Margaret Brown Klapthor, Official White House China: 1789 to the Present (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1795), p. 62.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

plates (dishes)

Marks

Impressed: BRAMELD followed by a cross and the number 1.

Inscriptions

None.

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