Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares

Pattern Type: Chinese, Asian and Other Exotic Themes

Date: 1810-1815

Dimensions:

  • Diameter: 8.55 in (21.717 cm)

Maker: Herculaneum Pottery

Maker's Mark:

Impressed

Description:

An earthenware plate printed in blue underglaze with a pattern named View in the Fort, Madura, a name taken from the name of one of the source prints used for this pattern.  Four different source prints from Oriental Scenery by Thomas and William Daniell were used in addition to the print for which the pattern gets its name. They are all documented in  Sack. Michael, India on Transferware. San Francisco: Transferware Collectors Club, 2009.  Printed on the back in puce is the song in Latin:  "Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, Sed nomini tuo da gloriam."  See below for full description.

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