 Additional Image: The characters of the mark are irregularly positioned suggesting each character was individually impressed. However, the same irregularities are found in other Davenport pieces proving the use of a somewhat irregular stamp. The mark is 1.125 inches long and 0.125 inches high. The impressed mark also has a double stock (crossbar) apparently made from the impression of a screw head. This would indicate that the upper and lower case mark was produced with a metal stamp attached to a handle with a single screw. |
Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares Pattern Type: Landscapes and Waterscapes Series Type: Gothic Ruins Date: c. 1800 - 1820 Dimensions:
Maker: Davenport Maker's Mark: Description: An earthenware plate printed in blue with the Fisherman's Tale pattern with an octagonal indented rim and a flat bottom without a foot ring. It is one of eight patterns in a series named Gothic Ruins, sometimes also known as the Fisherman Series. It has a rare impressed maker's mark with upper and lower case characters arranged in a slightly distorted arc. BACK TO CATALOG INDEX
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