It looks to be made of stoneware as opposed to porcelain, so more likely a 'utilitarian' design to be 'used' instead of a display piece.
The 'flow-blue decoration' on the edge and the body look to date from 1840 - 60.
My feeling is this piece was likely made in England for retail in the US.
I'd really have to be able examine the fragments to know for sure.
Dave
If the plate frag was found in the South St Paul, MN area it may very well be shipping related.
"Minneapolis is a major city in Minnesota that forms "Twin Cities" with the neighboring state capital of St. Paul.
Bisected by the Mississippi River, it's known for its parks and lakes."
It looks to be made of stoneware as opposed to porcelain, so more likely a 'utilitarian' design to be 'used' instead of a display piece.
Like, say, a delicate tea set, designed to withstand little girls ?
The 'flow-blue decoration' on the edge and the body look to date from 1840 - 60.
If the house was 1860's, the pottery came after, 1888. Gotta say, that was a great guess, and very close.
(random thought: If you moved your family into a new house, 1860's ... 1888 would be about the time you could expect grandkids of a "tea set" age. he-he)
My feeling is this piece was likely made in England for retail in the US.
Nailed this one, too, Dave. These were made in an English town called Hanley. Staffordshire was a major pottery leader throughout all of Europe. Worldwide distribution was a major factor. Staffordshire was huge, encompassing 5 entire cities. Hanley was a dominant producer in this picture. Polluted and pumping out smoke everywhere, the town was a great place, if you wanted to work. Not so great a place if your interests lay elsewhere. In 1850, a potter in Hanley had a son who preferred the sea. He left school at the edge of 12 and took to an aspiring maritime career. Worked his way up to being a well known and liked captain. He died in 1912 when his ship collided with an iceberg.
You nailed it, Dave. Not only were these made in England, they were Staffordshire ... Hanley-Staffordshire.
I'd really have to be able examine the fragments to know for sure.
Dave, I'd say you did an amazing job with only a picture of a couple of shards !
Dave
Yep, this is bigger. Nope ... much bigger. How about shipping lines, with their cruise lines and fancy dining Nope ... bigger. Yep. These shards, and that particular word, AND, are tied to something far bigger than all of those.
Gotta love the accuracy of ANTIQUARIAN's first post:
Confession: I found this one to be fun. Started with a President and Vice President suggestion. Great thought ... but I'm thinking, "Bigger !"
Bigger than Presidents
Railroads, with their dining cars and marked pottery
Bigger than railroads
Bigger than presidents, railroads, and shipping
Mother Goose.
The earliest recorded version of the poem resembling the modern form was printed around 1765 in London in Mother Goose's Melody.
Had total faith in this site to solve it and have fun at the same time.
A little shard with the word AND ... who woulda thunk it ?
This site !
