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Transferware

The following pages contain photos and descriptions of transferware from
the Marc-James Collection now on permanent display in the Marc-James Museum.
These items may be viewed by appointment at the Museum but are not available for sale.

Contact:  Marc Belair, 360-738-4919
marcjamesllc@comcast.net

Maker: Godwin  Pattern: View of London Plate c1825*
 Thomas & Benjamin Godwin of New Basin Pottery, Burslem and subsequently New Wharf Pottery, Burslem active 1809 to 1834. Evocative scene depicting the River Thames with water traffic, bridges and St Paul's in the background. Back-stamp: blue printed ribbon cartouche with VIEW OF LONDON.

 
Maker: Riley  Pattern: Girl Musician
Plate c1820
John and Richard Riley of Burslem, Staffordshire active 1796-1828. This scene was partly taken from a painting Landscape with Shepherds by Claude. This plate has light crazing otherwise is in absolutely superb condition with barely a scratch to the
Maker: Unattributed Maker  Pattern: Piping Shepherd
Plate c1820
Gorgeous plate printed in quite a rich blue.
Maker: Woods  Pattern: Grapevine Border Series
Cashiobury Dessert Plate c 1825
By Enoch Wood & Sons, depicting Cashiobury in Hertfordshire. Cashiobury, on the outskirts of Watford was an Elizabethan mansion remodelled by Hugh May in 1674-1675, and by James Wyatt in 1800. It was the seat of the Earl of Essex, but was demolished in 1922.
Maker: Lockett and Hulme  Pattern: Ponte Rotto
Bowl c1825*
Depicted in this scene is the River Tiber and what remains of the oldest stone bridge over the river linking Forum Boarium with Trastevere in Rome. Originally called Pons Aemilius (Ponte Emilio in modern Italian) and built in the 2nd Century BC, it was formed of six or seven spans. The eastern half was carried away in a flood in 1598 and subsequently the remaining half was renamed the Ponte Rotto or Broken Bridge. Most of the western half was demolished in the 1880s leaving just one arch standing mid-stream.

*Formerly in the Norman Wolfe Collection

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