Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares

Pattern Type: Commemorative, Heraldic and Historical Events

Date: 1828-1835

Dimensions:

  • Diameter: 13.50 in (34.29 cm)

Maker: Ralph & James Clews

Maker's Mark:

Impressed

Description:

Because of its size, the names of all 15 states appear on the inside of this beaded edge earthenware potato bowl (the common name given to this shape).   

The view on the outside of this bowl shows scene No. 14 in David and Linda Arman's numbering system.  The central pattern on this example is taken from the source print shown below.   Prior to discovery of the source prints that Clews used for these patterns, researchers David and Linda Arman endeavored to provide descriptive names for them.  The Armans named this scene, Mansion, Circular Drive.

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