A Group of Five Staffordshire Historical Blue Plates
Various Makers, Circa 1825-1830
comprising a "Boston State House" plate, by John Rogers & Son, Longport, England, with impressed mark to underside; a "Winter View of Pittsfield, Mass." plate and soup plate, by James and Ralph Clews, Cobridge, England, with impressed mark and transfer title to underside; a "Peace and Plenty" plate, by James and Ralph Clews, Cobridge, England, with impressed mark to underside; and a "Harvard College" plate, by Ralph Stevenson & Williams (active c. 1825-1827), Stoke-on-Trent, England, titled to underside.
Diameter 10 1/2 inches (largest).
Provenance:
"Winter View of Pittsfield, Mass." plate: retaining label for Banowetz Antiques.