Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2009.21h |
Object Name |
Plate |
Title |
Audubon Plate - Canvas Back Duck |
Artist |
Adams Staffordshire Pottery |
Description |
Audubon Plate - Canvas Back Duck Obverse: On plate well is a female, a breeding male, and non breeding male Canvas Back Duck, each with different levels of brown, tan and gray coloring. Two stand on rocky ledges while the third floats in greenish water. The background is a large body of water with a cloudy sky over a brown tree lined shore. Lip is covered by a large black lined floral pattern with brown pinecones, light orange and green flowers. Reverse: "CANVAS BACK DUCK / THE BIRDS OF AMERICA / FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY / JOHN JAMES AUDUBON / Printed from fine engravings, coloured by hand." Portrait of Audubon with shotgun in center. Manufacturer's mark of "ADAMS / ENGLAND / ESTB. 1657" at bottom. |
Label |
John James Audubon began publishing his famed "Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories" in 1827. A naturalist, artist, and ornithologist, Audubon was born in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), lived in France as a child, and moved to the United States at the age of 18. The APS was an original subscriber to "Birds of America," and the Library houses the elephant folio of the publication today. These ceramic plates were issued by the Adams Staffordshire Pottery between 1948 and 1969 as the second series of "Birds of America" plates. |
Material |
Porcelain |
Dimensions |
Dia-10.5 inches |
Credit line |
American Philosophical Society |
Search Terms |
20th century twentieth century tableware collectible |