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Lot 126

A Rare Staffordshire Transfer-Print Creamware 'Hero of the Thames' William Henry Harrison Platter

Lot 126

A Rare Staffordshire Transfer-Print Creamware 'Hero of the Thames' William Henry Harrison Platter

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Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

Estimate$1,000 – $2,000

Status

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A Rare Staffordshire Transfer-Print Creamware 'Hero of the Thames' William Henry Harrison Platter

Attributed to Ralph Wedgwood (English, 1766-1837), Circa 1813

with a portrait of General W.H. Harrison in uniform commemorating his military successes in the War of 1812, surrounded by chickweed border.
the underside with importer's stamp for James Tams / Philadelphia.
Length 15 3/4 inches.

David and Linda Arman note in Anglo-American Ceramics, Part I that there are only three other recorded examples of this platter with this particular border.

Literature:

Inventoried as H.29 and illustrated p. 105 in David and Linda Arman's Anglo-American Ceramics, Part I: Transfer Printer Creamware and Pearlware for the American Market, 1760-1860, Oakland Press: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 1998.

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Ben Fisher

Managing Director, Furniture and Decorative Arts

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Mr. Fisher rejoined the firm in 2019 after working as a specialist in the American Furniture and Folk Art department at Sotheby’s New York. His areas of expertise include 18th, 19th, and 20th century American, Continental, and English furniture, decorative and folk art. Before coming to Hindman in 2013, Mr. Fisher worked in European Furniture and Decorative Arts in Philadelphia. He began his career working for a prints dealer focusing on works from the 16th through the 20th centuries.

Leah Vogelpohl

AVP, Specialist, American Furniture, Folk, and Decorative Arts

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Ms. Vogelpohl joined the firm in 2013 as a cataloger in the American and European Furniture and Decorative Arts department. She became a department specialist in 2017, focusing on American decorative arts and silver. She received a BA from the College of Charleston and an MLITT in Art History from the University of Glasgow.

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Lot 126

A Rare Staffordshire Transfer-Print Creamware 'Hero of the Thames' William Henry Harrison Platter

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

Estimate$1,000 – $2,000

Status

Closed

A Rare Staffordshire Transfer-Print Creamware 'Hero of the Thames' William Henry Harrison Platter

Attributed to Ralph Wedgwood (English, 1766-1837), Circa 1813

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A Rare Staffordshire Transfer-Print Creamware 'Hero of the Thames' William Henry Harrison Platter

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A Rare Staffordshire Transfer-Print Creamware 'Hero of the Thames' William Henry Harrison Platter