Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2009.22c |
Object Name |
Plate |
Title |
Audubon Plate - Pileated Woodpecker B&W |
Artist |
Adams Staffordshire Pottery |
Description |
Audubon Plate - Pileated Woodpecker, black & white Obverse: Painted on well are four pileated red woodpeckers perched on two branches of a tree with hanging dark bunched berries. Lip is covered by a thick floral pattern with grasses, leaves, pinecones, and large tri-petal flowers. Reverse: "PILEATED WOODPECKER / 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 |